Las Lajas volcano

shield volcano 926 m / 3,038 ft
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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Typical eruption style: effusive
Las Lajas volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance/Location
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake)
2021-06-15 21:04:42 (16 Jun 2021 03:04:42 GMT)
1.7

73 km		34 km (21 mi)
12 km northeast of Tipitapa, Departamento de Managua, Nicaragua

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