Volcano in Nicaragua

Telica volcano: eruption status today

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No eruption of Telica is being reported right now Last eruption: 1964 or later (NOAA NCEI).

Live status of Telica: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.

Status now
No open report
Last eruption
1964 or later
Elevation
1,036 m 3,399 ft
Type
Stratovolcano
Earthquakes within 50 km
1 past 30 days (USGS)
Hot spots within 10 km
0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
Nearest city
León 19 km SSW

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Is Telica erupting right now?

There is no open NASA EONET event for Telica right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1964 or later. Volcano observatories can raise alert levels before an eruption starts, so check the national observatory for the current alert level.

No satellite thermal hot spot was detected within 10 km of the summit in the latest NASA FIRMS data, so there is no sign of lava at the surface large enough for VIIRS to see (clouds can hide it).

Earthquakes near Telica

USGS located 1 earthquake within 50 km of Telica in the past 30 days, 0 of them in the last week. The largest was M4.6 on Oct 7, 2026, 12 km NW of the summit at 206 km depth.

0 of them were shallower than 10 km. Swarms of shallow quakes can mean magma or gas is moving, but most swarms end without an eruption; observatories combine them with ground deformation and gas data.

Time (UTC)MagnitudeDistanceDepthLocation
Oct 7, 20:56 UTCM4.612 km NW206 km18 km NNE of Posoltega, Nicaragua

About Telica

Telica is a stratovolcano in Nicaragua, rising to 1,036 m (3,399 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".

Stratovolcanoes are steep cones built from alternating lava and ash layers; their eruptions are often explosive, with ash columns that can reach cruising altitude.

The nearest large town is León, about 19 km SSW of the summit; 5 other cities lie within 250 km.

Flights and volcanic ash

No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Cancún, 937 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.

Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.

Other volcanoes in Nicaragua

Nicaragua has 9 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now, 2 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Cerro Negro, 19 km away.

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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.