Lake Ilopango - Wikipedia
Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills an 8 by 11 km: 70.5 km 2 (27.2 sq mi) volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments. [5]
Tierra Blanca Joven eruption - Wikipedia
The Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Lake Ilopango was the largest volcanic eruption in El Salvador during historic times, and one of the largest volcanic events on Earth in the past 7,000 years, registering at 6 on the Volcanic explosivity index (VEI), and dating back to …
The Ilopango volcanic eruption that shocked the Maya's …
Sep 29, 2020 · In 431 CE, 1590 years ago, the Maya civilization was laid waste as the Ilopango volcano erupted, killing every living thing within 40 km around the volcano, according to a new study carried...
‘Mystery' volcano that cooled the ancient world traced to El
Aug 16, 2019 · Researchers studying ancient deposits from El Salvador's Ilopango volcano knew that a massive eruption had taken place there sometime between the third and sixth centuries. That event, dubbed Tierra Blanca Joven (TBJ), or "white young earth," sent a volcanic plume towering nearly 50 kilometers into the atmosphere .
Colossal volcano behind 'mystery' global cooling finally found
Aug 23, 2019 · The placid Lake Ilopango is the caldera of the Ilopango volcanic complex, which in 539 or 540 A.D. produced one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 7,000 years. The lake was also...
Ilopango - Global Volcanism Program
The 8 x 11 km Ilopango caldera, filled by one of El Salvador's largest lakes, has a scalloped 150-500 m high rim. The caldera, which lies immediately east of the capital city of San Salvador, is strongly controlled by regional faults of the central Salvador graben.
Ilopango Volcano Earthquakes: Latest Quakes Past 14 Days - VolcanoDiscovery
Oct 6, 2024 · Ilopango volcano is a 8x11 km wide caldera at the eastern margin of San Salvador city, El Salvador. It is elongated to the east, has 150-500 m high walls and contains the scenic Lake Ilopango, one of El Salvador's largest.
Lake Ilopango | Volcanic, El Salvador, Crater | Britannica
Lake Ilopango, lake, south central El Salvador, on the borders of San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments. Occupying the crater of an extinct volcano, at an altitude of 1,450 ft (442 m), it has an area of 40 sq mi (100 sq km).
Ilopango | Volcano World | Oregon State University
Nov 9, 2010 · Ilopango is a caldera that formed in 260 A.D. Ash from this explosive eruption covered much of central El Salvador. Lake Ilopango fills part of the caldera. Islas Quemadas, a volcanic dome, formed within the caldera in 1879-1880.
Ice core dating places eruption of IIopango at 431 CE
Sep 29, 2020 · With a force equivalent to the biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history, in 431 CE the Maya civilisation of El Salvador was laid waste as the Ilopango volcano exploded, killing every living thing within 40 km and turning day into night for a week, a report from Oxford archaeologists has found.