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Ecuador

Tungurahua.

Volcano profile for Tungurahua 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
5,023 m
Last documented eruption
2016
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 5 highest recorded · latest VEI 3 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-1.467°, -78.442°
GVP number
352080

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No current eruption report

Ecuador

Tungurahua

Stratovolcano

Elevation
5,023 m
Last documented eruption
2016
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-1.467°, -78.442°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
352080
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Tungurahua · Ecuador

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
14 Dec 201216 Mar 20163Confirmed eruption
27 Nov 20114 Sep 2012—Confirmed eruption
20 Apr 201126 May 20112Confirmed eruption
22 Nov 20102 Jan 20113?Confirmed eruption
1 Jan 20101 Aug 20103Confirmed eruption
5 Oct 19998 Jul 20093Confirmed eruption
6 May 19936 May 19931?Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1944Not available2Uncertain eruption
3 Mar 19161 Dec 19254Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1900Not available2?Uncertain eruption
11 Jan 1886Uncertain dating2 Jul 18884Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 188516 Oct 18852?Confirmed eruption
10 Sep 1857Not available2?Confirmed eruption
1781Not available2Uncertain eruption
1777Not available2Uncertain eruption
3 Jan 1776Not available2Confirmed eruption
4 Feb 1773Jul 17733Confirmed eruption
1757Not available2Uncertain eruption
1644Uncertain dating16462Confirmed eruption
164016413?Confirmed eruption
1557Not available2Confirmed eruption
1350Uncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
1250Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1030Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
800Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
730Uncertain datingNot available4?Confirmed eruption
600Uncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
480Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
350Uncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
200Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
100Uncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
50 BCEUncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
100 BCEUncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
270 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
500 BCEUncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
1010 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
7750 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed 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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Tungurahua · No current eruption report · 5,023 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Cotopaxi International AirportEcuador · LTX · SELT
    65.2 kmStraight-line distance
  • Coronel E Carvajal AirportEcuador · XMS · SEMC
    99.2 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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Nearby places

PelileoEcuador · 19.0 km

AmbatoEcuador · 31.1 km

RiobambaEcuador · 32.7 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: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC