Moyuta volcano
Updated: Jul 5, 2022 09:15 GMT - Refresh
Stratovolcano 1662 m / 5,453 ft
Guatemala, 14.03°N / -90.1°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.03°N / -90.1°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Moyuta volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
Lastest nearby earthquakes:
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Monday, July 4, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jul 4, 2022 5:31 pm (GMT -6) (Jul 4, 2022 23:31 GMT) | 4.0 5 km | 331 km (206 mi) North Pacific Ocean, 151 km southwest of Tapachula de Cordova y Ordoñez, Mexico | ||
| Sunday, July 3, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jul 3, 2022 9:01 am (GMT -6) (Jul 3, 2022 15:01 GMT) | 4.1 5 km | 392 km (244 mi) North Pacific Ocean, 167 km southwest of Huixtla, Chiapas, Mexico | ||
| Friday, July 1, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 30, 2022 7:56 pm (GMT -6) (Jul 1, 2022 01:56 GMT) | 4.2 75 km | 143 km (89 mi) North Pacific Ocean, 97 km southwest of Escuintla, Guatemala | ||
| Wednesday, June 29, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 29, 2022 11:02 am (GMT -6) (Jun 29, 2022 17:02 GMT) | 4.3 72 km | 135 km (84 mi) 26 km southeast of Coatepec, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala | ||
| Tuesday, June 28, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 28, 2022 2:48 pm (GMT -6) (Jun 28, 2022 20:48 GMT) | 4.3 10.8 km | 477 km (296 mi) North Pacific Ocean, 252 km southwest of Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico | ||
Background
Moyuta is the easternmost of a chain of large stratovolcanoes extending along the volcanic front of Guatemala. Like Tecuamburro volcano, Moyuta is offset about 20 km south of the main volcanic chain and lies south of the Jalpatagua Fault, overlying the southern boundary of the Jalpatagua Graben. The 1662-m-high volcano is capped by a cluster of at least three forested, steep-sided, coalescing andesitic lava domes that from some distant perspectives give the summit a flat-topped appearance. Numerous cinder cones in various stages of erosion are located on the flanks of the complex. The age of the latest eruption of Moyuta volcano is not known, although the summit domes were considered to have been emplaced in relatively recent times (Williams et al., 1964). Small fumaroles are found on the northern and southern flanks of the volcano, and hot springs are located near Azulco at the NE base and along rivers on the SE side of Moyuta.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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