Cuilapa-Barbarena volcano
Updated: Nov 28, 2023 14:12 GMT -
Volcanic field 1454 m / 4,770 ft
Guatemala, 14.33°N / -90.4°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.33°N / -90.4°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Cuilapa-Barbarena volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Monday, November 27, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Nov 27, 03:02 am (Guatemala) (Nov 27, 09:02 GMT) | 2.7 215 km | 27 km (17 mi) Departamento de Escuintla, 32 km southwest of Guatemala, Departamento de Guatemala | ||
| Sunday, November 26, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Nov 26, 03:31 am (Guatemala) (Nov 26, 09:31 GMT) | 1.9 5 km | 12 km (7.5 mi) 4.4 km north of Cuilapa, Santa Rosa, Guatemala | ||
| Friday, November 17, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Nov 17, 04:27 pm (Guatemala) (Nov 17, 22:27 GMT) | 2.6 5 km | 30 km (19 mi) 20 km south of Cuilapa, Santa Rosa, Guatemala | ||
| Tuesday, November 14, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Nov 14, 05:47 pm (Guatemala) (Nov 14, 23:47 GMT) | 2.8 100 km | 39 km (24 mi) 23 km southeast of Escuintla, Departamento de Escuintla, Guatemala | ||
Background
The Cuilapa-Barbarena volcanic field contains approximately 70 Quaternary cinder cones, generally less than 100 m high. Many of the mostly basaltic cones are located along the strike of the major regional Jalpatagua fault, which extends SE from Guatemala City, north of the chain of stratovolcanoes stretching across Guatemala. The cones were erupted from fracture systems related to the intersection of the Jalpatagua fault with the southern and western margins of the Miocene Santa Rosa de Lima caldera and overlie pyroclastic-flow deposits from Amatitlán caldera to the NW. The age of the most recent eruptions is not known, although the youngest cones post-date the last phase of eruptive activity at Tecuamburro volcano and could be of Holocene age (Reynolds, 1987). Williams (1960) considered the most recent eruptions from the Cuilapa-Barbarena volcanic field to have occurred within the last few thousand years.---
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