Volcano profile

Mexico

Popocatepetl.

Volcano profile for Popocatepetl in Mexico, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
5,393 m
Last documented eruption
2026
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 5 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
19.023°, -98.622°
GVP number
341090

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Mexico

Popocatepetl

Stratovolcano

Elevation
5,393 m
Last documented eruption
2026
No current eruption report

Reporting period: Oct 8, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
19.023°, -98.622°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
341090
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Popocatepetl · Mexico

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
9 Jan 2005Uncertain dating18 Mar 20262Confirmed eruption
26 May 200426 May 20042Confirmed eruption
5 Mar 199622 Nov 20033Confirmed eruption
21 Dec 19945 Oct 19952Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 194716 Feb 19471Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 19422 Jul 19431Confirmed eruption
23 Jan 1933Not available1Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1925Uncertain dating2 Jul 19272Confirmed eruption
27 Nov 19237 Mar 19241Confirmed eruption
19 Feb 19192 Jul 19221Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1852Not available1?Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1834Not available1?Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1827Not available1?Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 18022 Jul 18041Confirmed eruption
1720Not available1Confirmed eruption
20 Oct 1697Not available1Confirmed eruption
166616672?Confirmed eruption
13 Oct 166319 Oct 16653?Confirmed eruption
1642Not available2Confirmed eruption
1592Oct 15942Confirmed eruption
1590Not available2?Confirmed eruption
1580Not available2?Confirmed eruption
1571Not available2Confirmed eruption
1548Not available2Confirmed eruption
1542Not available2Confirmed eruption
153915402Confirmed eruption
1530Not available2Confirmed eruption
1528Not available2?Confirmed eruption
Sep 1519Uncertain dating15233?Confirmed eruption
1518Not available2?Confirmed eruption
1512Not available2?Confirmed eruption
1509Not available—Uncertain eruption
1504Not available2?Confirmed eruption
1488Not available2?Confirmed eruption
1363Not available2?Uncertain eruption
1354Not available2?Confirmed eruption
134513472?Confirmed eruption
1 Mar 823Not available4PConfirmed eruption
250Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
200 BCEUncertain datingNot available5PConfirmed eruption
1890 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2370 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3700 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
5150 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
6250 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7150 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Volcano at a glance

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Popocatepetl · No current eruption report · 5,393 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Hermanos Serdán International AirportMexico · PBC · MMPB
    30.3 kmStraight-line distance
  • Mexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · MEX · MMMX
    65.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Felipe Ángeles International AirportMexico · NLU · MMSM
    90.1 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

Ozumba de AlzateMexico · 18.3 km

Amecameca de JuárezMexico · 18.9 km

AtlixcoMexico · 23.3 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC