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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
Sunday Apr 14, 2013 10:09 AM | BY: T  Current seismic recording from San Cristobal volcano (CRIN station, INETER)  Seismic spectrum CRIN station yesterday  Current seismic spectrum CRIN station Seismic activity has generally remained low over the past weeks. A phase of more frequent small volcanic earthquakes and some tremor occurred yesterday and has eased again. Previous news
Thursday, Mar 28, 2013
A phase of stronger tremor has occurred today. [more]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]More on VolcanoDiscovery:
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