Volcano profile

Mexico / Guatemala

Tacana.

Volcano profile for Tacana in Mexico / Guatemala, 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
4,064 m
Last documented eruption
1986
Coordinates
15.132°, -92.109°
GVP number
341130

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No current eruption report

Mexico / Guatemala

Tacana

Stratovolcano

Elevation
4,064 m
Last documented eruption
1986
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
15.132°, -92.109°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central America Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
341130
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Tacana · Mexico / Guatemala

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Feb 198616 Jun 19861Confirmed eruption
22 Dec 194916 Jan 19501Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1878Not available1Confirmed eruption
12 Jan 1855Not available1Uncertain eruption
1030Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
70Uncertain datingNot available?4Confirmed eruption
1080 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4740 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.

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Volcano at a glance

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Tacana · No current eruption report · 4,064 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Tapachula International AirportMexico · TAP · MMTP
    46.8 kmStraight-line distance
  • Huehuetenango AirportGuatemala · HUG · MGHT
    67.9 kmStraight-line distance
  • Quezaltenango AirportGuatemala · AAZ · MGQZ
    71.6 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Nearby places

CacahoatánMexico · 16.7 km

MalacatánGuatemala · 25.1 km

TapachulaMexico · 29.9 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC