Volcano profile

El Salvador

San Miguel.

Volcano profile for San Miguel in El Salvador, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,130 m
Last documented eruption
2023
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 3 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
13.434°, -88.269°
GVP number
343100

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No current eruption report

El Salvador

San Miguel

Stratovolcano

Elevation
2,130 m
Last documented eruption
2023
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
13.434°, -88.269°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central America Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
343100
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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San Miguel · El Salvador

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
15 Nov 202227 May 20232Confirmed eruption
22 Feb 202022 Feb 20201Confirmed eruption
14 Jan 20184 Mar 20181Confirmed eruption
7 Jan 20177 Jan 20171Confirmed eruption
18 Jun 201618 Jun 20161Confirmed eruption
12 Jan 201618 Jan 20161Confirmed eruption
13 Aug 201513 Aug 20151Confirmed eruption
26 Jan 201511 Apr 20151Confirmed eruption
29 Dec 201328 Jul 20143Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 200216 Jan 20021Confirmed eruption
31 Dec 1997Not available1Confirmed eruption
12 Jan 199519 Apr 19951Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 198516 Feb 19861Confirmed eruption
2 Dec 19761 Mar 19771Confirmed eruption
30 Mar 19705 Apr 19701Confirmed eruption
5 Jan 1967Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Jul 1966Not available2Confirmed eruption
22 Feb 1966Not available2Confirmed eruption
14 Jun 1965Not available2Confirmed eruption
23 Oct 196416 Nov 19642Confirmed eruption
21 Oct 195421 Oct 19542Confirmed eruption
16 May 193916 Jul 19392Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1936Uncertain datingNot available2Uncertain eruption
16 Mar 193116 Jun 19312Confirmed eruption
26 Jan 1930Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Aug 1929Not available2Confirmed eruption
14 Aug 19202 Jul 19252Confirmed eruption
10 Dec 191916 Jan 19202Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 18902 Jul 18912Confirmed eruption
25 Jan 188428 Jan 18842Confirmed eruption
5 Dec 1882Not available2Confirmed eruption
14 Dec 186716 Feb 18682Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 1862Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 1857Not available2?Confirmed eruption
16 Dec 1855Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1854Not available2?Uncertain eruption
25 Jul 18442 Jul 18482Confirmed eruption
18 Jul 1819Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1811Not available2Uncertain eruption
1798Uncertain datingNot available2Uncertain eruption
21 Sep 178723 Sep 17872Confirmed eruption
1769Not available2Confirmed eruption
1762Not available2Confirmed eruption
1699Not available2Confirmed eruption
1510Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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San Miguel · No current eruption report · 2,130 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y GaldámezEl Salvador · SAL · MSLP
    85.1 kmStraight-line distance
  • Ilopango International AirportEl Salvador · ILS · MSSS
    96.6 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

San Rafael OrienteEl Salvador · 10.4 km

San MiguelEl Salvador · 10.8 km

UsulutanEl Salvador · 21.0 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC