Isla Zacatillo Volcano
Updated: Apr 25, 2024 13:57 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone(s) 158 m / 518 ft
El Salvador, 13.3°N / -87.76°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
El Salvador, 13.3°N / -87.76°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Isla Zacatillo volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Apr 18, 09:03 pm (El Salvador) | 2.4 169 km | 20 km (12 mi) to the S | North Pacific Ocean, 27 km southeast of La Union, La Union, El Salvador | Info |
Background
Isla Zacatillo lies only 2 km off the eastern tip of El Salvador in the Gulf of Fonseca. The low, roughly 3-km-wide island is crudely rectangular in shape, but has a peninsula extending to the NE. A steep escarpment truncates the western side of the island below its summit. NNW-SSE-trending faults cut lava flows on the island. The smaller nearby island of Martín Pérez to the SE is also of Pleistocene age.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information