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Cerro Gavilantepeque volcano

Updated: Jun 2, 2023 11:33 GMT - refresh

Shield 1280 m / 4199 ft
Honduras, 14°N / -87.18°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Cerro Gavilantepeque volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance/Location
Friday, May 26, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
May 26, 2023 6:30 am (GMT -6) (May 26, 2023 12:30 GMT)	3.1 5 km	34 km (21 mi) Departamento de El Paraiso, 41 km southeast of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

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Background

Cerro Gavilantepeque is a small Quaternary basaltic shield volcano located about 10 km SSE of Tegucigalpa. Small remnants of lava flows cap adjacent mesas.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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