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
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

Latest catalogue records. 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 2007?2Confirmed 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

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.

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: 2026-09-21

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Nearby places

RivasNicaragua · 24.9 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, 1:38 PM UTC