Usulután Volcano
Updated: May 21, 2024 10:59 GMT -
stratovolcano 1449 m / 4,754 ft
El Salvador, 13.42°N / -88.47°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
El Salvador, 13.42°N / -88.47°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Usulután volcano is a stratovolcano in east-central El Salvador, at the SE end of a cluster of basaltic to basaltic-andesite stratovolcanoes between San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes.
The volcano contains a broad 1.3-km-wide summit crater breached to the east. The flanks of the forested Usulután volcano are strongly eroded and suggest a long repose interval, but young lava flows are present on its southern flanks. They are probably less than 10,000 years old. Cerro Nanzal is a flank cone on the lower SE flank and was mapped as Holocene.
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Usulután volcano eruptions: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| May 21, 01:18 am (El Salvador) | 3.0 2 km | 27 km (17 mi) to the NW |  12 Km al oeste de Vista Hermosa, El Salvador I FELT IT | Info | |
| Sunday, May 12, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| May 12, 05:40 am (El Salvador) | 4.2 27 km | 20 km (12 mi) to the SE | 13 Km al norte de Usulután, El Salvador 10 reports | Info | |
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