Malpaisillo volcano
Pyroclastic shield 181 m / 594 ft
Nicaragua, 12.58°N / -86.6°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Nicaragua, 12.58°N / -86.6°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Malpaisillo volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Sat, 31 Jul 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake) | ||||
| 2021-07-31 00:08:12 (31 Jul 2021 06:08:12 GMT) | 2.3 10 km | 48 km (30 mi) 31 km northeast of Chinandega, Nicaragua | ||
| Wed, 28 Jul 2021 (GMT) (4 earthquakes) | ||||
| 2021-07-28 02:24:20 (28 Jul 2021 08:24:20 GMT) | 1.6 7 km | 26 km (16 mi) Departamento de Managua, 14 km northeast of Nagarote, Nicaragua | ||
| 2021-07-28 02:00:09 (28 Jul 2021 08:00:09 GMT) | 2.4 8 km | 49 km (30 mi) 16 km northeast of Chinandega, Nicaragua | ||
| 2021-07-28 01:59:58 (28 Jul 2021 07:59:58 GMT) | 1.3 5 km | 32 km (20 mi) 14 Km Al Norte De Volcán Telica, Nicaragua | ||
| 2021-07-28 01:59:55 (28 Jul 2021 07:59:55 GMT) | 2.3 5 km | 49 km (30 mi) 16 km northeast of Chinandega, Nicaragua | ||
Background
A large but topographically indistinct pyroclastic shield volcano lies in the Nicaraguan depression at Malpaisillo, NE of Las Pilas volcano and NNW of Momotombo volcano. The 10-km-wide Malpaisillo caldera, also known as Cerro el Chúcaro, forms a flat plain on the floor of the graben that contrasts dramatically with surrounding extensively dissected dacitic airfall and ignimbrite deposits. These deposits extend across the graben east of the Marrabios Range and reach into Lake Managua to the SE. They also crop out west and south of the Marrabios Range. A K-Ar age of 0.46 million years was obtained from the Malpaisillo deposit.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8
