Volcano profile
3 active and potentially active volcanoes in El Salvador — eruption history, elevation, VEI and population exposure.
Volcanoes
3
in database
Active
3
Erupted since 2000
2
Highest VEI
VEI 3
Highest peak
2,381m
Santa Ana
People within 30km
2.6M
Yes — 3 active
El Salvador has 3 catalogued volcanoes, 3 currently classified active, with about 2.6 million people living within 30 km of one. The volcano our model rates most likely to erupt in the next year is Izalco (~20.6%).
Statistical estimates from the QuakeGlobe eruption-forecast model, not predictions. Always follow official volcano-observatory advisories.
Mexico and Central America • Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,381m
Last Eruption
2005
Pop. 30km
1.0M
Pop. 100km
3.0M
📍 13.8530°, -89.6300°
Mexico and Central America • Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,952m
Last Eruption
1966
Pop. 30km
800K
Pop. 100km
3.0M
📍 13.8130°, -89.6330°
Mexico and Central America • Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,130m
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
800K
Pop. 100km
2.5M
📍 13.4340°, -88.2720°
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FAQ
El Salvador has 3 catalogued volcanoes in the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program dataset, 3 currently classified as active, and 2 have erupted since 2000. About 2.6 million people live within 30 km of one.
Our eruption-forecast model rates Izalco the most likely to erupt in the next 12 months in El Salvador, at roughly 20.6% (about one eruption every 4 years on average). This is a statistical estimate, not a prediction — follow official volcano-observatory advisories.
By population exposure — the number of people within 30 km weighted by eruption probability — the most dangerous volcano in El Salvador is Izalco, with about 800,000 people within 30 km and a modeled 20.6% one-year eruption probability.
The most recent eruption in our dataset for El Salvador was at San Miguel in 2024.