1570 Eruption of Mombacho

Name: 1570 Eruption of Mombacho
Start: 1570
Location: Mombacho, Nicaragua

1570 · 400 deaths

Mombacho in Nicaragua erupted in 1570. The eruption killed 400 people.

Where it erupted

Mombacho, Nicaragua, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 1570
Volcano: Mombacho, stratovolcano
Country: Nicaragua
Killed by: Avalanche (debris and landslides)
Location: 11.826° N, 85.968° W

The toll

Deaths: 400

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Avalanche on S flank destroyed an Indian village of 400 persons. (uncertain eruption in 1570, not 1560)

Every eruption in 1570 The 1500s Mombacho Earthquakes near Mombacho

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 4498.