Nejapa-Miraflores volcano
fissure vents 360 m / 1,181 ft
Nicaragua, 12.12°N / -86.32°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Nicaragua, 12.12°N / -86.32°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Nejapa-Miraflores volcano is an alignment of fissure vents, maars and cinder cones extending from Lake Managua until the western part of Managua city.
About 40 eruptions have occurred from this system during the past 30,000 years, and the most recent one produced Asososca maar about 1250 years ago.
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Erupciones del volcán Nejapa-Miraflores: 1060 ± 100 years
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Fecha / Hora | Revista / Profundidad | Distancia | Ubicación | |
| Thu, 4 Mar 2021 (GMT) (3 temblores) | ||||
| 4 mar 2021 10:06 (GMT -6) (4 Mar 2021 16:06:05 GMT) | 4.6 72 km - More | 82 km | Océano Pacífico Norte, 83 km al sur de Managua, Nicaragua | |
| 3 mar 2021 18:38 (GMT -6) (4 Mar 2021 00:38:55 GMT) | 2.8 39 km - More | 122 km | Océano Pacífico Norte, 53 km al suroeste de Chinandega, Nicaragua | |
| 3 mar 2021 18:38 (GMT -6) (4 Mar 2021 00:38:55 GMT) | 2.8 39 km - More | 122 km | Océano Pacífico Norte, 53 km al suroeste de Chinandega, Nicaragua | |
| Wed, 3 Mar 2021 (GMT) (2 temblores) | ||||
| 3 mar 2021 02:37 (GMT -6) (3 Mar 2021 08:37:47 GMT) | 3.4 10 km - More | 103 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 | 60 km | Océano Pacífico Norte, 48 km al sur de León, Departamento de Leon, Nicaragua | |
Background
from Smithsonian / GVP volcano information:The N-S-trending Nejapa-Miraflores alignment, located near the western margin of the Nicaraguan graben, cuts through the western part of Nicaragua's capital city, Managua.
This alignment, which has erupted tholeiitic basaltic rocks similar to those from mid-ocean ridges, marks the right-lateral offset of the Nicaraguan volcanic chain. A series of pit craters and fissure vents extends into Lake Managua and is continuous with the volcanic vents on the Chiltepe peninsula.
An area of maars and tuff cones perpendicular to the N-S trend of the lineament forms the scalloped shoreline of Lake Managua. Laguna Tiscapa crater is located several kilometers to the east near the central part of the city of Managua. The elongated Nejapa and Ticoma pit craters are surrounded by small basaltic cinder cones and tuff cones.
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