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Mexico

Orizaba, Pico de.

Volcano profile for Orizaba, Pico de 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
5,564 m
Last documented eruption
1846
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 5 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
19.03°, -97.27°
GVP number
341100

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No current eruption report

Mexico

Orizaba, Pico de

Stratovolcano

Elevation
5,564 m
Last documented eruption
1846
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
19.03°, -97.27°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
341100
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Orizaba, Pico de · Mexico

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
2 Jul 1846Not available2Confirmed eruption
1687Not available2Confirmed eruption
1613Not available0Confirmed eruption
156915892Confirmed eruption
1566Not available2Confirmed eruption
1545Uncertain dating15552Confirmed eruption
153315392?Uncertain eruption
1351Not available2Uncertain eruption
1260Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
1187Not available2Uncertain eruption
1175Not available3?Confirmed eruption
1157Not available2Uncertain eruption
220Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
140Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
90Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
40Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
780 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
1500 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
2110 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
2300 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
2500 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
2780 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
4690 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
6220 BCEUncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
6710 BCEUncertain datingNot available5?Confirmed eruption
7030 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
7530 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed 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.

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Orizaba, Pico de · No current eruption report · 5,564 m

Nearby places

Ciudad SerdánMexico · 19.1 km

Coscomatepec de BravoMexico · 23.9 km

NogalesMexico · 25.1 km

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

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Sources & data dates

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