Volcano profile

Nicaragua

Concepcion.

Volcano profile for Concepcion 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
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,700 m
Last documented eruption
2024
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
11.538°, -85.622°
GVP number
344120

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No current eruption report

Nicaragua

Concepcion

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,700 m
Last documented eruption
2024
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
11.538°, -85.622°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central America Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
344120
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Concepcion · Nicaragua

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
16 May 202416 May 20242Confirmed eruption
11 Dec 200912 Mar 20111Confirmed eruption
30 Jul 200830 Jul 20081Confirmed eruption
24 Nov 200720 Dec 20072?Confirmed eruption
9 Feb 200710 Jul 20071Confirmed eruption
1 Sep 200621 Sep 20062Confirmed eruption
28 Jul 200510 Nov 20052Confirmed eruption
27 Dec 199929 Dec 19991Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 1988Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Dec 198520 Apr 19861Confirmed eruption
16 Dec 19842 Jan 19852Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 198325 Mar 19832Confirmed eruption
15 Jan 198214 Feb 19822Confirmed eruption
30 Mar 197816 May 19782Confirmed eruption
4 Apr 19773 May 19772Confirmed eruption
24 Dec 197312 Jan 19742Confirmed eruption
9 May 1963Not available1Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 196216 Jun 19622Confirmed eruption
28 Nov 196116 Dec 19612?Uncertain eruption
27 Mar 195716 Jul 19572Confirmed eruption
16 Jul 195116 May 19552Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 19482 Jul 19501Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 194416 Dec 19452Confirmed eruption
16 Feb 193516 Feb 19352Confirmed eruption
16 Aug 192916 Oct 19292Confirmed eruption
25 Jan 1928Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Dec 192116 May 19262Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 191816 Jul 19192Confirmed eruption
16 Sep 19072 Jul 19102Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1902Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 189116 Apr 18912Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 18842 Jul 18862Confirmed eruption
5 Apr 188330 Jun 18832Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1800Uncertain datingNot available2Uncertain eruption
770 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed 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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Concepcion · No current eruption report · 1,700 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Omtepe AirportNicaragua · MNOM
    9.0 kmStraight-line distance
  • Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International AirportNicaragua · MGA · MNMG
    89.6 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

RivasNicaragua · 24.9 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, 1:23 PM UTC