Volcano profile

Ecuador

Guagua Pichincha.

Volcano profile for Guagua Pichincha 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
Stratovolcano
Elevation
4,784 m
Last documented eruption
2002
Coordinates
-0.171°, -78.598°
GVP number
352020

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No current eruption report

Ecuador

Guagua Pichincha

Stratovolcano

Elevation
4,784 m
Last documented eruption
2002
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-0.171°, -78.598°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
352020
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Guagua Pichincha · Ecuador

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Feb 200917 Feb 2009?1Uncertain eruption
1 Feb 20081 Feb 2008?1Uncertain eruption
17 Apr 200317 Apr 20031Uncertain eruption
11 Oct 20027 Dec 2002?1Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 200216 Apr 2002?1Confirmed eruption
26 Nov 200126 Nov 2001?1Confirmed eruption
7 Aug 199825 May 20013Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 199718 Oct 19971Confirmed 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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Guagua Pichincha · No current eruption report · 4,784 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Mariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · UIO · SEQM
    27.6 kmStraight-line distance
  • Cotopaxi International AirportEcuador · LTX · SELT
    81.8 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

QuitoEcuador · 10.4 km

PomasquiEcuador · 20.6 km

MachachiEcuador · 38.1 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, 3:38 PM UTC