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
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 5 highest recorded · latest VEI 1 · More about the VEI
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

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

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Feb 200917 Feb 20091?Uncertain eruption
1 Feb 20081 Feb 20081?Uncertain eruption
17 Apr 200317 Apr 20031Uncertain eruption
11 Oct 20027 Dec 20021?Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 200216 Apr 20021?Confirmed eruption
26 Nov 200126 Nov 20011?Confirmed eruption
7 Aug 199825 May 20013Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 199718 Oct 19971Confirmed eruption
9 Mar 199312 Mar 19931Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 199010 May 19901Confirmed eruption
16 May 198516 Jun 19851Confirmed eruption
31 Aug 198116 Nov 19821Confirmed eruption
10 Mar 1881Not available2Confirmed eruption
22 Jul 186924 Aug 18692Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 1869Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Aug 1868Not available2Confirmed eruption
19 Mar 186822 Mar 18682Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1831Not available3Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1830Not available2Confirmed eruption
27 Oct 166028 Nov 16604Confirmed eruption
5 Jun 158215983Confirmed eruption
1580Not available2Uncertain eruption
1577Not available2Uncertain eruption
8 Sep 1575Not available2Confirmed eruption
17 Oct 156616 Nov 15663^Confirmed eruption
1560Not available2Uncertain eruption
1539Not available2Uncertain eruption
1538Not available3^Uncertain eruption
1535Not available2Uncertain eruption
1534Not available2Uncertain eruption
1533Not available2Uncertain eruption
930Uncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
550Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
70Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1230 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1860 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2090 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3500 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4850 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6200 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6300 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6400 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6650 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7000 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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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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: 2026-11-13

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

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Sources & data dates

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