Volcano Name: Apaneca Range Smithsonian Inst ID (SI_VNUM): 343010
Alternate Name:
Agua Shuca
Ahuachapán
Akhuachapán
Ausoles de Amaya
Ausoles de Cuyanausul
Ausoles de la Labor
Cerro Blanco
Cerro Cachio
Cerro Himalaya
Cerro San Lázaro
Cerro de Apaneca
Cerro de las Ninfas
Cerro el Aguila
Cerro el Ojo de Agua de la Virgen
Cerro la Cumbre
Cerro las Ranas
Cerro los Naranjos
Chichicastepec
Chipilapa
Concepción de Ataco
Cuyanausul
Cuyotepe
El Cerrito
El Pilón
El Sauce
Hoyo de Cuajuste
La Lagunita
Laguna Seca de la Ranas
Laguna Verde
Laguna las Ninfas
Las Termópilas
Peña Blanca
Playón de Ahuachapán
San Carlos
San José
Volcán de la Savana
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano(es)
Latitude: 13.8908333300
Longitude: -89.7861111100
Region: México and Central America Sub Region: El Salvador - Honduras
Date Entered: 02/05/2012

Eruption Details

Eruption Start Date: 525000 BP Date Error: 245000
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Stratigraphy
Eruption Date Quality: Low quality Preferred Date: Y
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): 26.810 (Calculated)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): 63.000 (Literature)
Ignimbrite DRE Volume (km3): 11.360 (Calculated)
Ignimbrite Deposit Volume : 26.700 (Literature)
Magnitude : 6.800 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : + 6.000 (Literature)
Tephra fall DRE Volume (km3): 15.530 (Calculated)
Tephra fall Deposit Volume (km3): 36.500 (Literature)
Magma: Dacite-Rhyolite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Dacite
Rhyolite

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