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    San Miguel

    Stratovolcano · 2,130 m · El Salvador

    San Miguel
    Photo: Gump Stump · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    San Miguel sits on the Caribbean Plate, in a subduction zone. 45 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 2023.

    Elevation
    2,130 m
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Tectonic Setting
    Subduction zone, continental crust
    Dominant Rock
    Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
    Plate
    Caribbean Plate
    Country
    El Salvador
    Last Eruption
    2023
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    45
    Max. Explosivity (VEI)
    3

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    15101699 · VEI 21762 · VEI 21769 · VEI 21787 · VEI 21798 · VEI 21811 · VEI 21819 · VEI 21844 · VEI 21854 · VEI 21855 · VEI 21857 · VEI 21862 · VEI 21867 · VEI 21882 · VEI 21884 · VEI 21890 · VEI 21919 · VEI 21920 · VEI 21929 · VEI 21930 · VEI 21931 · VEI 21936 · VEI 21939 · VEI 21954 · VEI 21964 · VEI 21965 · VEI 21966 · VEI 21966 · VEI 21967 · VEI 21970 · VEI 11976 · VEI 11985 · VEI 11995 · VEI 11997 · VEI 12002 · VEI 12013 · VEI 32015 · VEI 12015 · VEI 12016 · VEI 12016 · VEI 12017 · VEI 12018 · VEI 12020 · VEI 12022 · VEI 2 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 14991500180019002000

    Eruption Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata