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.

Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,130 m
Last documented eruption
2023
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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Profile

San Miguel · El Salvador

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. 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

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

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

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

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: 2026-09-21

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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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: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC