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Colombia

Tolima, Nevado del.

Volcano profile for Tolima, Nevado del in Colombia, 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
5,215 m
Last documented eruption
1943
Coordinates
4.658°, -75.33°
GVP number
351030

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Colombia

Tolima, Nevado del

Stratovolcano

Elevation
5,215 m
Last documented eruption
1943
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
4.658°, -75.33°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
351030
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Tolima, Nevado del · Colombia

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Mar 1943Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 May 182617 Jun 18262Confirmed eruption
2 Mar 1825Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 1822Not available2Confirmed eruption
260Uncertain datingNot available?3Confirmed eruption
200 BCEUncertain datingNot available?3Confirmed eruption
610 BCEUncertain datingNot available?3Confirmed eruption
1990 BCEUncertain datingNot available?5Confirmed 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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Tolima, Nevado del · No current eruption report · 5,215 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Perales AirportColombia · IBE · SKIB
    34.2 kmStraight-line distance
  • La Nubia AirportColombia · MZL · SKMZ
    43.9 kmStraight-line distance
  • Matecaña International AirportColombia · PEI · SKPE
    48.5 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

IbagueColombia · 28.4 km

AnaimeColombia · 31.8 km

CircasiaColombia · 34.2 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