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Telica

Stratovolcano · Nicaragua · 1036m

The 700-m-wide double summit crater of Telica volcano is seen here in an aerial view from the north with farmlands of the Nicaraguan depression in the background. The 1061-m-high volcano is the highest and most recently active of the Telica volcanic complex. The Telica volcano group consists of several interlocking cones and vents with a general NW alignment. The bench at the lower right and the ridge at the left are remnants of older craters of the complex.
The 700-m-wide double summit crater of Telica volcano is seen here in an aerial view from the north with farmlands of the Nicaraguan depression in the background. The 1061-m-high volcano is the highest and most recently active of the Telica volcanic complex. The Telica volcano group consists of several interlocking cones and vents with a general NW alignment. The bench at the lower right and the ridge at the left are remnants of older craters of the complex. · Photo: Photo by Jaime Incer, 1991. · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Nicaragua
Region
Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions / Central America Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1036m
Coordinates
12.606, -86.840
Last eruption
2025
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

Telica, one of Nicaragua's most active volcanoes, has erupted frequently since the beginning of the Spanish era. This volcano group consists of several interlocking cones and vents with a general NW alignment. Sixteenth-century eruptions were reported at symmetrical Santa Clara volcano at the SW end of the group. However, its eroded and breached crater has been covered by forests throughout historical time, and these eruptions may have originated from Telica, whose upper slopes in contrast are unvegetated. The steep-sided cone of Telica is truncated by a 700-m-wide double crater; the southern crater, the source of recent eruptions, is 120 m deep. El Liston, immediately E, has several nested craters. The fumaroles and boiling mudpots of Hervideros de San Jacinto, SE of Telica, form a prominent geothermal area frequented by tourists, and geothermal exploration has occurred nearby.

From Wikipedia

Telica is a stratovolcano, one of several volcanoes of the Nicaraguan volcanic front. It is located in Telica municipality, in the León department of Nicaragua, within the Volcán Telica Rota Natural Reserve.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1527~1577 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41577~1627 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21677~1727 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21727~1777 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21777~1826 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1876~1926 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21926~1976 · 20 eruptions · max VEI 21976~2026 · 24 eruptions · max VEI 215271627177718761976

Detailed timeline

  1. 2026VEI ?Observed
    2026-01-02 – 2026-02-19
  2. 2025VEI 1Observed
    2025-01-11 – 2025-02-25
  3. 2025VEI ?Observed
    2025-07-14 – 2025-08-18
  4. 2021VEI 1Observed
    2021-04-21 – 2022-03-29
  5. 2020VEI 1Observed
    2020-07-20 – 2020-12-09
  6. 2018VEI 1Observed
    2018-06-21 – 2018-08-15
    Southern crater
  7. 2015VEI 2Observed
    2015-05-07 – 2015-05-28
    Telica crater
  8. 2015VEI 2Observed
    2015-09-23 – 2016-05-11
    Telica crater
  9. 2013VEI 1Observed
    2013-09-25 – 2013-09-25
    Telica crater
  10. 2011VEI 2Observed
    2011-03-07 – 2011-06-14
    Southern crater
  11. 2008VEI 1Observed
    2008-07-05 – 2008-07-05
  12. 2007VEI 1Geological estimate
    2007-06-12 – 2007-06-12
  13. 2007VEI 1Observed
    2007-10-28 – 2008-02-18
  14. 2006VEI 1Observed
    2006-08-04 – 2006-08-06
  15. 2006VEI 1Observed
    2006-12-11 – 2007-02-17
  16. 2004VEI 1Observed
    2004-03-31 – 2004-03-31
  17. 2004VEI 1Observed
    2004-11-05 – 2005-01-29
  18. 2002VEI 0Observed
    2002-10-17 – Ongoing
  19. 2001VEI 1Observed
    2001-01-17 – 2001-12-19
  20. 1999VEI 2Observed
    1999-05-21 – 2000-09-06
  21. 1994VEI 2Observed
    1994-07-31 – 1994-08-12
  22. 1987VEI 1Observed
    1987-11-16 – 1987-11-16
    Vent in NE corner of crater
  23. 1981VEI 1Observed
    1981-02-16 – Ongoing
  24. 1981VEI 2Observed
    1981-11-25 – 1982-03-02
  25. 1976VEI 1Observed
    1976-11-03 – 1978-01-16
  26. 1975VEI 0Observed
    1975-05-16 – 1976-03-16
  27. 1969VEI 2Observed
    1969-02-11 – 1971-12-16
  28. 1966VEI 1Observed
    1966-06-16 – 1966-06-16
  29. 1965VEI 1Observed
    1965-01-16 – 1965-01-28
  30. 1962VEI 1Observed
    1962-01-16 – 1962-01-16
  31. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-07-15 – 1951-10-15
  32. 1948VEI 2Observed
    1948-01 – 1948-01
  33. 1948VEI 2Observed
    1948-06 – 1949-11
  34. 1946VEI 2Observed
    1946-04 – 1946-08
  35. 1943VEI 2Observed
    1943-12 – 1944-04
  36. 1941VEI ?Geological estimate
    1941 – Ongoing
  37. 1940VEI 2Observed
    1940-06 – 1940-10
  38. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-01 – 1939-06
  39. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-11 – 1939-11
  40. 1937VEI 2Observed
    1937-11 – 1938-08
  41. 1934VEI 2Observed
    1934-01 – Ongoing
  42. 1929VEI 1Observed
    1929-01 – 1929-01
  43. 1928VEI 2Observed
    1928 – Ongoing
  44. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-08 – 1927-11
  45. 1919VEI 2Geological estimate
    1919-10-26 – Ongoing
  46. 1918VEI 2Geological estimate
    1918-01 – Ongoing
  47. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907-11 – Ongoing
  48. 1791VEI ?Observed
    1791-01-24 – Ongoing
  49. 1765VEI 2Observed
    1765 – Ongoing
  50. 1743VEI 2Geological estimate
    1743-04 – Ongoing
  51. 1685VEI 2Observed
    1685-08 – Ongoing
  52. 1613VEI 2Observed
    1613 – Ongoing
  53. 1529VEI 4Observed
    1529 – Ongoing
  54. 1527VEI 3Observed
    1527 – Ongoing

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