Apastepeque Volcano
Updated: Apr 28, 2024 11:17 GMT -
volcanic field 700? m / 2,297 ft
El Salvador, 13.72°N / -88.77°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
El Salvador, 13.72°N / -88.77°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Apastepeque volcano is a young volcanic field 8 km north of San Vicente town in central El Salvador. The Volcanic features contains about 24 closely spaced cinder cones, lava flows, lava domes, and maars. The latter are now filled by lakes, such as Laguna de Apastepeque and Laguna Chalchuapán.
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Apastepeque volcano eruptions: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| Apr 27, 02:44 am (El Salvador) | 2.3 36 km | 15 km (9.2 mi) to the N |  19 Km al noreste de Cojutepeque, El Salvador | Info | |
| Thursday, April 25, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 25, 05:58 am (El Salvador) | 2.5 16 km | 15 km (9.3 mi) to the SE | 10 Km al sureste de San Vicente, El Salvador | Info | |
| Monday, April 22, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 22, 01:56 am (El Salvador) | 2.5 175 km | 24 km (15 mi) to the SW | La Paz, 28 km southeast of San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador | Info | |
Background
The older vents in the volcanic field erupted andesitic-to-dacitic lava domes, sometimes following dacitic pumice eruptions. The younger vents formed basaltic cinder cones and phreatic and phreatomagmatic explosions left up to 100 m deep maars.Latest satellite images
