Cuilapa-Barbarena volcano
Updated: Aug 8, 2022 19:17 GMT - Refresh
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
Lastest nearby earthquakes:
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Saturday, August 6, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 6, 2022 3:58 pm (GMT -6) (Aug 6, 2022 21:58 GMT) | 3.8 43 km | 186 km (116 mi) North Pacific Ocean, 66 km southwest of Retalhuleu, Guatemala | ||
| Friday, August 5, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 5, 2022 11:09 am (GMT -6) (Aug 5, 2022 17:09 GMT) | 3.7 46 km | 203 km (126 mi) North Pacific Ocean, 83 km southwest of Retalhuleu, Guatemala | ||
| Tuesday, August 2, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 2, 2022 3:36 am (GMT -6) (Aug 2, 2022 09:36 GMT) | 3.7 78 km | 220 km (137 mi) North Pacific Ocean, 32 km southwest of Ocos, Ocós, San Marcos, Guatemala | ||
| Monday, August 1, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 1, 2022 11:09 am (GMT -6) (Aug 1, 2022 17:09 GMT) | 3.9 12 km | 229 km (142 mi) North Pacific Ocean, 95 km southwest of Coatepec, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala | ||
| Saturday, July 30, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jul 30, 2022 3:29 am (GMT -6) (Jul 30, 2022 09:29 GMT) | 3.9 15 km | 245 km (152 mi) North Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, 69 km southwest of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico | ||
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.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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