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
Coordinates
12.506°, -86.702°
GVP number
344070

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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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Profile

Negro, Cerro · Nicaragua

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. 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 available?2Uncertain eruption
16 Mar 1963Not available1Confirmed 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

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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: 2026-09-21

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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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC