Apastepeque volcan
champ volcanique 700? m / 2,297 ft
El Salvador, 13.72°N / -88.77°W
Condition actuelle: normal / en sommeil (1 sur 5)
El Salvador, 13.72°N / -88.77°W
Condition actuelle: normal / en sommeil (1 sur 5)
Apastepeque volcano is a young volcanic field 8 km north of San Vicente town in central El Salvador. The Volcanic features contains about 24 closely spaced cinder cones, lava flows, lava domes, and maars. The latter are now filled by lakes, such as Laguna de Apastepeque and Laguna Chalchuapán.
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Eruptions du volcan Apastepeque: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Heure | Mag. / Profondeur | Distance | Location | |
| Fri, 5 Mar 2021 (GMT) (3 earthquakes) | ||||
| 5 mars 2021 05:01 (GMT -6) (5 Mar 2021 11:01:16 GMT) | 3.7 35 km - Plus | 178 km | Océan Pacifique Nord, 75 km à l'ouest de Chinandega, Nicaragua | |
| 5 mars 2021 04:01 (GMT -6) (5 Mar 2021 10:01:00 GMT) | 3.3 32 km - Plus | 153 km | Océan Pacifique Nord, 99 km à l'ouest de Chinandega, Nicaragua | |
| 4 mars 2021 18:33 (GMT -6) (5 Mar 2021 00:33:32 GMT) | 3.1 40 km - Plus | 144 km | Océan Pacifique Nord, 33 km au sud-ouest de Acajutla, Sonsonate, Salvador | |
| Thu, 4 Mar 2021 (GMT) (2 earthquakes) | ||||
| 4 mars 2021 17:54 (GMT -6) (4 Mar 2021 23:54:48 GMT) | 2.7 41 km - Plus | 183 km | Océan Pacifique Nord, 68 km à l'ouest de Chinandega, Nicaragua | |
| 4 mars 2021 09:05 (GMT -6) (4 Mar 2021 15:05:11 GMT) | 2.7 34 km - Plus | 163 km | Océan Pacifique Nord, 78 km à l'ouest de Chinandega, Nicaragua | |
Introduction
The older vents in the volcanic field erupted andesitic-to-dacitic lava domes, sometimes following dacitic pumice eruptions. The younger vents formed basaltic cinder cones and phreatic and phreatomagmatic explosions left up to 100 m deep maars.
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