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San Cristobal volcano, also known as El Viejo, is the highest and one of the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua. It is located near the northwest corner of the country near the city of Chinandega, 110 km WSW of the capital Managua.
San Cristobal has had frequent small to medium-sized ash eruptions reported since the 16th century. When first observed by the Spanish in 1528, the volcano was in strong eruption and was described as sending "smoke" during the day and "flames" at night. stratovolcano 1745 m / 5,725 ft Nicaragua, 12.7°N / -87°W Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) San Cristobal webcams / live data | ReportsSan Cristobal volcano booksSan Cristobal volcano eruptions:
2016, 2015, 2012, 2010-11, 2010, 2009, 2008 (Nov), 2008 (Aug), 2007, 2005-06, 2003-04, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999-2000, 1997,1987 (?), 1985 (?), 1977, 1976 (Aug), 1976 (Mar), 1971, 1685, 1684, 1680, 1613 (?), 1528 ± 1 year Typical eruption style:explosive Last earthquakes nearbyLatest satellite images  San Cristobal volcano news & activity updatesSan Cristobal volcano (Nicaragua) activity update
Thursday Mar 28, 2013 15:02 PM | BY: T  This morning's seismic signal from San Cristobal (CRIN station, INETER) A phase of stronger tremor has occurred today. Previous news
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013
A series of probably volcanic earthquakes of magnitudes between 2.8 and 4.9 shock the volcano during last Sunday evening (local time), and INETERS has increased monitoring of the volcano. ... [more]Monday, Mar 18, 2013 Seismic activity has decreased. The large signal is the recent 4.3 quake off the west coast of Nicaragua. [more]Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 Banded volcanic tremor and some higher magnitude volcanic earthquakes have returned to show up on the seismic records. [more]
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 Small volcanic earthquakes continue to occur at high frequency and occasionally merge into pulses of volcanic tremor. A swarm of small quakes at shallow depth shows up on 13 March. ... [more] Thursday, Feb 07, 2013
Surface activity and tremor remain low, but there has been an increase in small volcanic quakes. [more]More on VolcanoDiscovery:
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