Volcano profile

Ecuador

Cotopaxi.

Volcano profile for Cotopaxi 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
5,911 m
Last documented eruption
2023
Coordinates
-0.677°, -78.436°
GVP number
352050

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Ecuador

Cotopaxi

Stratovolcano

Elevation
5,911 m
Last documented eruption
2023
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-0.677°, -78.436°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
352050
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Cotopaxi · Ecuador

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
21 Oct 20226 Jul 20232Confirmed eruption
14 Aug 201524 Jan 20162Confirmed eruption
17 Feb 194219 Feb 1942?3Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1940Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Feb 1939Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1931Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1926Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1922Not available2Confirmed 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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Cotopaxi · No current eruption report · 5,911 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Cotopaxi International AirportEcuador · LTX · SELT
    32.4 kmStraight-line distance
  • Mariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · UIO · SEQM
    62.0 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

MachachiEcuador · 23.6 km

LatacungaEcuador · 34.9 km

PujilíEcuador · 42.6 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, 2:08 PM UTC