GVP volcano 344120 · no holder yet
Concepcion
Concepcion is a 1,700 m stratovolcano in Nicaragua, erupting as recently as 2024.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,700 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2024
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 770 BCE
- Eruptions
- 33 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 11.54°N 85.62°W · Nicaragua
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 344120
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).