Usulután Volcano
Updated: May 15, 2024 10:39 GMT -
stratovolcano 1449 m / 4,754 ft
El Salvador, 13.42°N / -88.47°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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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Usulután volcano eruptions: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| May 12, 05:40 am (El Salvador) | 4.2 27 km | 20 km (12 mi) to the SE |  13 Km al norte de Usulután, El Salvador I FELT IT - 10 reports | Info | |
| Saturday, May 4, 2024 GMT (3 quakes) | |||||
| May 4, 04:30 pm (El Salvador) | 2.2 7 km | 10.8 km (6.7 mi) to the N | 12 Km al sureste de Vista Hermosa, El Salvador | Info | |
| May 4, 02:22 am (El Salvador) | 1.4 38 km | 18 km (11 mi) to the SE | 10 Km al norte de Usulután, El Salvador | Info | |
| May 3, 10:32 pm (El Salvador) | 2.4 72 km | 23 km (14 mi) to the NE | 15 Km al norte de Estanzuelas, El Salvador | Info | |
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