Volcano profile

Ecuador

Chimborazo.

Volcano profile for Chimborazo 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
6,261 m
Last documented eruption
550
Coordinates
-1.469°, -78.817°
GVP number
352071

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No current eruption report

Ecuador

Chimborazo

Stratovolcano

Elevation
6,261 m
Last documented eruption
550
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-1.469°, -78.817°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
352071
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Chimborazo · Ecuador

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
550Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
270Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2500 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4130 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5410 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7500 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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Volcano at a glance

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Chimborazo · No current eruption report · 6,261 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Cotopaxi International AirportEcuador · LTX · SELT
    66.4 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

GuarandaEcuador · 24.4 km

RiobambaEcuador · 28.0 km

AmbatoEcuador · 33.1 km

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

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

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