Volcano profile

Ecuador

Quilotoa.

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

Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Caldera
Elevation
3,914 m
Last documented eruption
1280
Coordinates
-0.8592°, -78.9044°
GVP number
352060

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No current eruption report

Ecuador

Quilotoa

Caldera

Elevation
3,914 m
Last documented eruption
1280
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-0.8592°, -78.9044°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
352060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Quilotoa · Ecuador

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
4 Feb 1797Not availableUncertain eruption
1759Not available2Uncertain eruption
Dec 1740Not available2Uncertain eruption
1725Not available2Uncertain eruption
1280Uncertain datingNot available6Confirmed 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

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Quilotoa · No current eruption report · 3,914 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Cotopaxi International AirportEcuador · LTX · SELT
    32.5 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Nearby places

PujilíEcuador · 25.6 km

LatacungaEcuador · 33.2 km

La ManáEcuador · 37.0 km

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

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC