GVP volcano 343050 · no holder yet
San Salvador
San Salvador is a 1,893 m stratovolcano in El Salvador, last erupted in 1917.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,893 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1917
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1200
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 13.73°N 89.29°W · El Salvador
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 343050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).