Volcano profile

Nicaragua

Negro, Cerro.

Volcano profile for Negro, Cerro in Nicaragua, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Pyroclastic cone
Elevation
728 m
Last documented eruption
1999
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 3 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
12.506°, -86.702°
GVP number
344070

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No current eruption report

Nicaragua

Negro, Cerro

Pyroclastic cone

Elevation
728 m
Last documented eruption
1999
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
12.506°, -86.702°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central America Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
344070
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Negro, Cerro · Nicaragua

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
5 Aug 19997 Aug 19992Confirmed eruption
29 May 19956 Dec 19952Confirmed eruption
9 Apr 199214 Apr 19923Confirmed eruption
3 Feb 197114 Feb 19713Confirmed eruption
19 Dec 196929 Dec 19691Confirmed eruption
23 Oct 196810 Dec 19683Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1964Not available2?Uncertain eruption
16 Mar 1963Not available1Confirmed eruption
21 Mar 196216 Apr 19622Confirmed eruption
25 Oct 1961Not available1Confirmed eruption
28 Sep 196026 Dec 19603Confirmed eruption
4 Sep 195724 Sep 19572Confirmed eruption
16 Feb 195416 Feb 19542?Confirmed eruption
21 Nov 195017 Dec 19503Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 194916 Jun 19492Confirmed eruption
31 Mar 1948Not available2Confirmed eruption
9 Jul 19472 Aug 19473Confirmed eruption
10 Feb 192916 Mar 19292Confirmed eruption
23 Oct 192311 Dec 19233Confirmed eruption
20 Jun 191930 Jun 19192Confirmed eruption
28 Oct 19143 Nov 19142Confirmed eruption
22 Nov 189929 Nov 18992Confirmed eruption
14 Nov 186730 Nov 18672Confirmed eruption
13 Apr 185027 May 18502Confirmed 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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Negro, Cerro · No current eruption report · 728 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International AirportNicaragua · MGA · MNMG
    70.7 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Nearby places

La Paz CentroNicaragua · 18.7 km

LeónNicaragua · 20.7 km

NagaroteNicaragua · 30.6 km

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

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC