Cerro Singüil Volcano

Updated: May 20, 2024 02:01 GMT - refresh

cinder cones 957 m / 3,140 ft
El Salvador, 14.05°N / -89.65°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

Cerro Singüil (also known as El Cerron) is a large scoria cone SE of Volcán Chingo in the interior valley of El Salvador near the Guatemalan border. The volcano has a well-preserved summit crater and belongs to a young volcanic field of cinder cones and explosion craters.

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Typical eruption style: strombolian
Cerro Singüil volcano eruptions: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago

Latest nearby earthquakes

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance / Location
May 15, 06:16 am (El Salvador)	2.1 5 km		9 Km al sureste de Ahuachapan, El Salvador	Info
May 15, 03:41 am (El Salvador)	2.1 6 km		6 Km al norte de Ahuachapan, El Salvador	Info
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
May 14, 06:30 am (El Salvador)	3.4 6 km	20 km (13 mi) to the SW	7 Km al norte de Ahuachapan, El Salvador I FELT IT - 1 report	Info
Monday, May 13, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
May 13, 10:26 am (El Salvador)	2.3 8 km	23 km (14 mi) to the S	16 Km al norte de Sonsonate, El Salvador	Info
Thursday, May 9, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
May 9, 12:54 pm (El Salvador)	2.1 6 km		15 Km al sureste de Ahuachapan, El Salvador	Info
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
May 7, 01:14 am (Guatemala)	2.4 65 km	21 km (13 mi) to the W	19 Km al sur de Jutiapa, Guatemala	Info

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Background

A young basaltic lava flow, probably less than 10,000 years old, extends to the NNE down the valley of the Quebada La Presa, the headwaters of the Río Guajoyo. The Cerro Singüil volcanic field includes a line of 3 NNE-trending explosion craters north of the city of Chalchuapa, the highest of which is 1035-m-high Cerro Tablas.