Volcano profile

Nicaragua

Masaya.

Volcano profile for Masaya 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
Caldera
Elevation
594 m
Last documented eruption
2026
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 6 highest recorded · latest VEI 1 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
11.9844°, -86.1688°
GVP number
344100

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Nicaragua

Masaya

Caldera

Elevation
594 m
Last documented eruption
2026
No current eruption report

Reporting period: Oct 8, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
11.9844°, -86.1688°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central America Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
344100
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Masaya · Nicaragua

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
3 Oct 2015Uncertain dating31 Mar 20261Confirmed eruption
11 Apr 201326 Apr 20130Uncertain eruption
30 Apr 20128 Jun 20121Confirmed eruption
29 Apr 200817 Dec 20081Confirmed eruption
4 Aug 200625 Oct 20061Confirmed eruption
4 Mar 200530 Mar 20051Confirmed eruption
4 Jul 20044 Jul 20041?Uncertain eruption
22 Sep 200312 Dec 20031Confirmed eruption
23 Apr 200125 Apr 20011Confirmed eruption
22 Nov 19992 Mar 20001Confirmed eruption
14 Sep 199814 Sep 19981Confirmed eruption
3 Jun 199717 Nov 19971Confirmed eruption
5 Dec 19965 Dec 19961Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 199316 Nov 19941Confirmed eruption
20 Feb 198916 Nov 19891Confirmed eruption
15 Feb 198722 Feb 19871Confirmed eruption
10 Oct 196516 Apr 19851Confirmed eruption
16 Sep 194816 Sep 19481Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 194616 Dec 19471Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 1925Not available2?Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 19192 Jul 19242Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 1918Not available1Confirmed eruption
12 Jul 1913Not available1?Confirmed eruption
2 Jan 19069 Jan 19062Confirmed eruption
16 May 190416 Jun 19042Confirmed eruption
15 Jul 190216 Nov 19032Confirmed eruption
10 Nov 185827 Mar 18592Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 1858Not available—Uncertain eruption
16 Dec 185616 Jan 18572Confirmed eruption
9 Apr 185315 Sep 18531?Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 185216 Jul 18522Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 177225 Mar 17722Confirmed eruption
1670Not available3Confirmed eruption
1613Not available0Uncertain eruption
1570Uncertain dating15860Confirmed eruption
1551Not available0Confirmed eruption
1524Uncertain dating15440Confirmed eruption
150Uncertain datingNot available5+Confirmed eruption
170 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
4050 BCEUncertain datingNot available6Confirmed 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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Masaya · No current eruption report · 594 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International AirportNicaragua · MGA · MNMG
    17.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • Omtepe AirportNicaragua · MNOM
    72.1 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

MasayaNicaragua · 8.0 km

MasatepeNicaragua · 8.2 km

San MarcosNicaragua · 9.1 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, 1:23 PM UTC