GVP volcano 343030 · no holder yet
Izalco
Izalco is a 1,950 m stratovolcano in El Salvador, last erupted in 1966.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,950 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1966
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1948
- Eruptions
- 51 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 13.81°N 89.63°W · El Salvador
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 343030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).