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Cerro Singüil Volcano

Updated: Aug 4, 2025 20:08 GMT -
cinder cones
El Salvador, 14.05°N / -89.65°W
Summit height: 957 m / 3,140 ft
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

Date and TimeMag / DepthDistance / Location
Aug 4, 11:30 am (GMT -6)
2.5

5 km
19 km (12 mi) to the W Guatemala Info
Aug 4, 09:24 am (GMT -6)
2.4

8 km
17 km (10.7 mi) to the W 16 km Al Norte De Ahuachapan, El Salvador Info
Aug 4, 08:35 am (GMT -6)
2.5

13 km
25 km (15 mi) to the W Guatemala Info
Aug 4, 06:57 am (GMT -6)
2.4

4 km
25 km (15 mi) to the SW 2 km Al Norte De Ahuachapan, El Salvador Info
Aug 4, 05:17 am (GMT -6)
2.6

9 km
16 km (10 mi) to the W 11 km Al Noreste De Ahuachapan, El Salvador  I FELT IT Info
Aug 4, 04:30 am (GMT -6)
2.5

11 km
18 km (10.9 mi) to the W Guatemala Info
Aug 4, 02:37 am (GMT -6)
3.2

4 km
24 km (15 mi) to the W Guatemala  I FELT IT - 1 reportInfo
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 29, 08:09 pm (El Salvador)
4.4

9.1 km
19 km (12 mi) to the W 9 km NW of Atiquizaya, El Salvador  I FELT IT Info
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 GMT (5 quakes)
Jul 29, 05:07 pm (Guatemala)
4.4

10 km
20 km (12 mi) to the W Guatemala  I FELT IT Info

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.

Latest satellite images

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Cerro Singüil Volcano Maps

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Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (world scale)
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Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (region scale large)
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Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (region scale medium)
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Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (region scale small)
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Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale large)
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Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of few kilometers)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Cerro Singüil volcano (scale of few kilometers)
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