Tigre, El
About Tigre, El
Cerro el Tigre is the highest, NE-most, and oldest of the cluster of coalescing basaltic to basaltic andesite Quaternary volcanoes between the Río Lempa and San Miguel volcano. Its summit crater has been destroyed by erosion, and its flanks are deeply dissected. Two large NNW-trending valleys, parallel to other regional fissures, cross the volcano, which lies about 7 km SE of Tecapa volcano and a similar distance NE of Usulután volcano. Although the volcano itself is Pleistocene in age, two young cones on its flanks were mapped as Holocene by Weber and Wiesemann (1978). Cerro Oromontique and Cerro la Manita were erupted on the W and S flanks, respectively, along a NW-SE-trending fissure extending towards Tecapa.
Eruption reports
Reports from GDACS and NASA EONET linked to this volcano.
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Earthquakes nearby, 30 days
Within about 50 km. Swarms of small quakes can sometimes accompany volcanic unrest.
No earthquakes recorded nearby in the last 30 days.