Volcano profile

Ecuador

Cayambe.

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

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Compound volcano
Elevation
5,790 m
Last documented eruption
1786
Coordinates
0.029°, -77.986°
GVP number
352006

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Ecuador

Cayambe

Compound volcano

Elevation
5,790 m
Last documented eruption
1786
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
0.029°, -77.986°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
352006
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Cayambe · Ecuador

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
Feb 1785Mar 1786?2Confirmed eruption
1700Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1590Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1570Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1440Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1290Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1270Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1040Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed 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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Cayambe · No current eruption report · 5,790 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Mariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · UIO · SEQM
    44.4 kmStraight-line distance
  • Lieutenant Colonel Luis A. Mantilla International AirportEcuador · TUA · SETU
    92.1 kmStraight-line distance
  • San Luis AirportColombia · IPI · SKIP
    99.0 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

CayambeEcuador · 17.9 km

OtavaloEcuador · 38.3 km

IbarraEcuador · 38.8 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

Eruption reportedAiraJapanCaldera · 1,117 mEruption reportedDukonoIndonesiaVolcanic complex · 1,273 mEruption reportedGreat SitkinUnited StatesStratovolcano · 1,740 mEruption reportedIbuIndonesiaStratovolcano · 1,357 mEruption reportedKanlaonPhilippinesStratovolcano · 2,422 mEruption reportedKarangetangIndonesiaStratovolcano · 1,797 mEruption reportedKlyuchevskoyRussiaStratovolcano · 4,754 mEruption reportedKrakatauIndonesiaCaldera · 285 m

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC