Volcanic Activity Report on San Cristobal (Nicaragua) — 18 June-24 June 2008

Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 18 June-24 June 2008
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 2008. Report on San Cristobal (Nicaragua) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 18 June-24 June 2008. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey. https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?gvpvar=GVP.WVAR20080618-344020

San Cristobal

Nicaragua

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)

According to news articles, INETER reported that a moderate explosion from San Cristóbal on 22 June was followed by ash-and-gas emissions from the crater. Ashfall was reported in the city of Chinandega and three other nearby communities.

Source: Terra Actualidad

Geological Summary. The San Cristóbal volcanic complex, consisting of five principal volcanic edifices, forms the NW end of the Marrabios Range. The symmetrical 1745-m-high youngest cone, named San Cristóbal (also known as El Viejo), is Nicaragua's highest volcano and is capped by a 500 x 600 m wide crater. El Chonco, with several flank lava domes, is located 4 km W of San Cristóbal; it and the eroded Moyotepe volcano, 4 km NE of San Cristóbal, are of Pleistocene age. Volcán Casita, containing an elongated summit crater, lies immediately east of San Cristóbal and was the site of a catastrophic landslide and lahar in 1998. The Plio-Pleistocene La Pelona caldera is located at the eastern end of the complex. Historical eruptions from San Cristóbal, consisting of small-to-moderate explosive activity, have been reported since the 16th century. Some other 16th-century eruptions attributed to Casita volcano are uncertain and may have been from other Marrabios Range volcanoes.