Izalco, El Salvador

Stratovolcano · 1,950 m (6,398 ft)

Izalco is a stratovolcano in El Salvador, 1,950 m (6,398 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here.

Izalco on the map

Izalco 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: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 1,950 m (6,398 ft)
Country: El Salvador
Summit: 13.813° N, 89.633° W
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 343030

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

October 29, 1920VEI 3 · Deaths: few

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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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.