Tahual volcano
Updated: Jul 4, 2022 09:18 GMT - Refresh
Stratovolcano 1716 m / 5,630 ft
Guatemala, 14.43°N / -89.9°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.43°N / -89.9°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Tahual volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
Lastest nearby earthquakes:
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Sunday, July 3, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jul 3, 2022 12:32 pm (GMT -6) (Jul 3, 2022 18:32 GMT) | 3.9 1 km | 540 km (336 mi) Departamento de Jinotega, 97 km north of Siuna, Atlantico Norte, Nicaragua | ||
| Thursday, June 30, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 30, 2022 11:19 am (GMT -6) (Jun 30, 2022 17:19 GMT) | 3.1 194 km | 21 km (13 mi) 16 km west of Jutiapa, Departamento de Jutiapa, Guatemala | ||
| Tuesday, June 28, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 28, 2022 9:35 am (GMT -6) (Jun 28, 2022 15:35 GMT) | 2.1 4 km | 40 km (25 mi) Guatemala, 22 km northwest of Santa Ana, El Salvador | ||
| Saturday, June 25, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 25, 2022 9:09 am (GMT -6) (Jun 25, 2022 15:09 GMT) | 2.7 5 km | 86 km (53 mi) 9.3 km east of Nueva Ocotepeque, Departamento de Ocotepeque, Honduras | ||
| Thursday, June 23, 2022 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| Jun 23, 2022 6:32 am (GMT -4) (Jun 23, 2022 10:32 GMT) | 1.9 16 km | 3122 km (1940 mi) Caribbean Sea, 26 km north of Castries, Ciceron, Castries, St. Lucia | ||
Background
Deeply dissected Volcán Tahual rises about 700 m above plains south of the town of Monjas. The summit of the 1716-m-high forested stratovolcano is cut by a broad erosional crater that extends to the base of the volcano and is narrowly breached to the NE. A Holocene pyroclastic cone near the NE base of Volcán Tahual fed a short basaltic lava flow (Williams et al., 1964). The scenic lake-filled Laguna de Hoyo lies north of the volcano. This steep-walled crater and the NE-flank cinder cone lie along faults bordering a graben that extends across the eastern base of the volcano to neighboring Retana caldera on the SE.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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