Laguna Aramuaca volcano

maar 181 m / 594 ft
El Salvador, 13.43°N / -88.11°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

Laguna Aramuaca volcano is a lake-filled explosion crater (maar) 10 km SE of the city of San Miguel in southeastern El Salvador.
The crater is 1 km wide and might have formed less than 10,000 years. The phreatomagmatic eruptions that formed it left spectacular pyroclastic surge deposits exposed in quarries near the rim.

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Typical eruption style: explosive
Laguna Aramuaca volcano eruptions: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago

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