Las Lajas volcano
Volcán en escudo 926 m / 3,038 ft
Nicaragua, 12.3°N / -85.73°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Nicaragua, 12.3°N / -85.73°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Las Lajas is a basaltic shield volcano 20 km north of Lake Nicaragua. La Lajas is the youngest of a group of volcanoes east of the Nicaraguan graben. Based on its fresh morphology, it could be still active.
Las Lajas volcano has a 7 km wide and 650 m deep caldera, which contains 5 lava domes in the center and is cut by a narrow canyon on the SE side. There are lava domes and cones on the outer flanks.
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Erupciones del volcán Las Lajas: unknown, no recent eruptions
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Fecha / Hora | Revista / Profundidad | Distancia | Ubicación | |
| Thu, 4 Mar 2021 (GMT) (2 temblores) | ||||
| 3 mar 2021 22:23 (GMT -6) (4 Mar 2021 04:23:25 GMT) | 2.3 10 km - More | 98 km | 73 km al noreste de Juigalpa, Departamento de Chontales, Nicaragua | |
| 3 mar 2021 22:23 (GMT -6) (4 Mar 2021 04:23:20 GMT) | 3.1 12 km - More | 136 km | 80 km al noroeste de El Rama, Costa Caribe Sur, Nicaragua | |
| Wed, 3 Mar 2021 (GMT) (3 temblores) | ||||
| 3 mar 2021 02:37 (GMT -6) (3 Mar 2021 08:37:47 GMT) | 3.4 10 km - More | 147 km | 20 km al noreste de Chinandega, Nicaragua | |
| 2 mar 2021 22:18 (GMT -6) (3 Mar 2021 04:18:05 GMT) | 2.6 17 km - More | 127 km | Océano Pacífico Norte, 48 km al sur de León, Departamento de Leon, Nicaragua | |
| 2 mar 2021 22:17 (GMT -6) (3 Mar 2021 04:17:52 GMT) | 2.2 40 km - More | 135 km | Océano Pacífico Norte, 76 km al oeste de Managua, Nicaragua | |
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