Malpaisillo volcano
Updated: Aug 17, 2022 17:45 GMT - Refresh
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)
Lastest nearby earthquakes:
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Monday, August 15, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 15, 2022 4:57 am (GMT -6) (Aug 15, 2022 10:57 GMT) | 1.9 6 km | 36 km (22 mi) 25 km east of Chinandega, Nicaragua | ||
| Saturday, August 13, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 13, 2022 12:44 am (GMT -6) (Aug 13, 2022 06:44 GMT) | 2.8 113 km | 97 km (60 mi) 25 km southwest of Boaco, Nicaragua | ||
| Thursday, August 11, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 10, 2022 8:14 pm (GMT -6) (Aug 11, 2022 02:14 GMT) | 1.9 5 km | 7 km (4.3 mi) 4.7 km south of Larreynaga, Departamento de Leon, Nicaragua | ||
| Thursday, August 4, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 3, 2022 6:37 pm (GMT -6) (Aug 4, 2022 00:37 GMT) | 2.3 5 km | 29 km (18 mi) Departamento de Managua, 16 km northeast of Nagarote, Nicaragua | ||
| Wednesday, August 3, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Aug 3, 2022 3:55 pm (GMT -6) (Aug 3, 2022 21:55 GMT) | 5.3 138 km | 31 km (19 mi) 23 km southeast of Leon, 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 | NASA FIRMS
