Volcano profile

Mexico

Malinche, La.

Volcano profile for Malinche, La 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
4,461 m
Last documented eruption
1170 BCE
Coordinates
19.231°, -98.032°
GVP number
341091

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No current eruption report

Mexico

Malinche, La

Stratovolcano

Elevation
4,461 m
Last documented eruption
1170 BCE
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
19.231°, -98.032°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
341091
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Malinche, La · Mexico

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
1170 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5580 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5870 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6120 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6310 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6710 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6890 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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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Malinche, La · No current eruption report · 4,461 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Hermanos Serdán International AirportMexico · PBC · MMPB
    36.6 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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

Nearby places

HuamantlaMexico · 14.6 km

AcajeteMexico · 15.7 km

TeolocholcoMexico · 16.7 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC