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Usulután volcano

Updated: May 30, 2023 15:05 GMT -
stratovolcano 1449 m / 4,754 ft
El Salvador, 13.42°N / -88.47°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

Usulután volcano is a stratovolcano in east-central El Salvador, at the SE end of a cluster of basaltic to basaltic-andesite stratovolcanoes between San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes.
The volcano contains a broad 1.3-km-wide summit crater breached to the east. The flanks of the forested Usulután volcano are strongly eroded and suggest a long repose interval, but young lava flows are present on its southern flanks. They are probably less than 10,000 years old. Cerro Nanzal is a flank cone on the lower SE flank and was mapped as Holocene.

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Typical eruption style: effusive
Usulután volcano eruptions: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance/Location
Saturday, May 27, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
May 27, 2023 11:31 am (GMT -6) (May 27, 2023 17:31 GMT)
2.1

5 km
26 km (16 mi)
19 km north of Santiago de Maria, El Salvador



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