Country

Nicaragua

Nicaragua on the map: 13 Holocene volcanoes and 28 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
13
Confirmed eruptions
214
Continuing eruptions
1
Highest volcano
San Cristobal 1,745 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
28
Strongest
M 7.7 1992
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Telica Stratovolcanoes 1,036 m 48 2025
Masaya continuing Calderas 594 m 36 2026
San Cristobal Stratovolcanoes 1,745 m 35 2024
Concepcion Stratovolcanoes 1,700 m 33 2024
Cerro Negro Pyroclastic cones 728 m 23 1999
Momotombo Stratovolcanoes 1,270 m 19 2016
Nejapa-Miraflores Fissure vents 360 m 8 1060
Cosiguina Stratovolcanoes 872 m 5 1859
Apoyeque Calderas 518 m 4 50 BCE
Las Pilas-El Hoyo Complex Complex volcanoes 1,088 m 3 1954
Granada Fissure vents 250 m 0 —
Mombacho Stratovolcanoes 1,344 m 0 —
Zapatera Shield volcanoes 629 m 0 —

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 7.7 · 83 km SSW of Corinto, Nicaragua 2 September 1992 · 45 km
  2. M 7.3 · 92 km SW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua 30 December 1907 · 35 km
  3. M 7.2 · 7 km SW of El Viejo, Nicaragua 28 March 1921 · 65 km
  4. M 7.2 · 116 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua 1 July 1907 · 15 km
  5. M 7.1 · Near the coast of Nicaragua 8 October 1901
  6. M 7.1 · 12 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua 24 October 1956 · 35 km
  7. M 7.1 · 9 km E of Granada, Nicaragua 15 October 1967 · 160 km
  8. M 7.0 · 43 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua 9 October 2004 · 35 km
  9. M 7.0 · 15 km NNE of Telica, Nicaragua 5 November 1926 · 15 km
  10. M 6.8 · 47 km S of Masachapa, Nicaragua 2 October 1932 · 30 km
  11. M 6.8 · 60 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua 19 February 1954 · 35 km
  12. M 6.8 · 33 km W of Masachapa, Nicaragua 19 February 1954 · 35 km
  13. M 6.8 · 36 km SSW of La Conquista, Nicaragua 3 April 1990 · 53 km
  14. M 6.7 · 30 km WSW of Villa El Carmen, Nicaragua 3 March 1996 · 33 km
  15. M 6.7 · 130 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua 23 August 1998 · 55 km
  16. M 6.7 · 60 km SW of Masachapa, Nicaragua 22 December 1934 · 25 km
  17. M 6.6 · 34 km SSW of La Conquista, Nicaragua 13 May 1969 · 40 km
  18. M 6.6 · 2 km WSW of Belén, Nicaragua 6 May 1988 · 87 km
  19. M 6.6 · 120 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua 14 June 1995 · 25 km
  20. M 6.6 · 39 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua 3 March 1996 · 33 km
  21. M 6.6 · 32 km W of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua 2 July 2005 · 27 km
  22. M 6.6 · 15 km N of Belén, Nicaragua 11 April 2014 · 135 km
  23. M 6.6 · 55 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua 21 April 2022 · 27 km
  24. M 6.6 · 57 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua 25 October 1928 · 30 km
  25. M 6.5 · 23 km WNW of Masachapa, Nicaragua 12 August 1970 · 55 km
  26. M 6.5 · 4 km S of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua 17 November 1987 · 76 km
  27. M 6.5 · 44 km W of Masachapa, Nicaragua 15 June 2013 · 30 km
  28. M 6.5 · 80 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua 22 September 2021 · 21 km