Granada
About Granada
The Granada lineament, also known as the La Joya alignment, is an arcuate fissure extending from about 2 km SE of the Apoyo caldera rim around to N of the city of Granada. Small cinder cones are present about 8 km NNW from the Mombacho summit, and the N-S oriented La Joya maar explosion crater chain stretches over 1 km just SW of Granada city. This feature is structurally distinct from the Apoyo caldera and is analogous to the Nejapa-Miraflores alignment north of Masaya volcano. The lineament, characterized by the eruption of basaltic lavas and tephras compositionally similar to mid-ocean ridge basalts, originated about 12,000 years ago, and the latest eruptions may have occurred as recently as about 2,000 years ago.
Eruption reports
Reports from GDACS and NASA EONET linked to this volcano.
No eruption reports in our records yet. New reports appear here automatically.
Earthquakes nearby, 30 days
Within about 50 km. Swarms of small quakes can sometimes accompany volcanic unrest.