Ilopango, El Salvador

Caldera · 450 m (1,476 ft)

Ilopango is a caldera in El Salvador, 450 m (1,476 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1800 to 1899. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 30,000 people where the toll is counted.

Ilopango on the map

Ilopango and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Caldera
Elevation: 450 m (1,476 ft)
Country: El Salvador
Summit: 13.672° N, 89.053° W
Last known eruption: 1800 to 1899
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 343060

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

450VEI 6 · 30,000 deaths

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Ilopango Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

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.