50 BC Eruption of Apoyeque

Name: 50 BC Eruption of Apoyeque
Location: Apoyeque, Nicaragua

50 BC · VEI 6

Apoyeque in Nicaragua erupted in 50 BC with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6.

Where it erupted

Apoyeque, Nicaragua, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 50 BC
Volcano: Apoyeque, pyroclastic shield
Country: Nicaragua
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 6, paroxysmal (eruption column over 25 km)
Location: 12.242° N, 86.342° W

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Large eruption in the Apoyeque (Chiltepe Tephra) area. Generating 1.8 x 1010 m3 of material.

Every eruption in 50 BC 99 to 1 BC Apoyeque Earthquakes near Apoyeque

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 5224.