Volcano profile

Ecuador

Fernandina.

Volcano profile for Fernandina 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
Shield volcano
Elevation
1,476 m
Last documented eruption
2024
Coordinates
-0.37°, -91.55°
GVP number
353010

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No current eruption report

Ecuador

Fernandina

Shield volcano

Elevation
1,476 m
Last documented eruption
2024
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-0.37°, -91.55°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Galapagos Hotspot Volcano Group
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
353010
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Fernandina · Ecuador

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
2 Mar 20248 May 20241Confirmed eruption
12 Jan 202013 Jan 20200Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 201821 Jun 20181Confirmed eruption
4 Sep 20178 Sep 20172Confirmed eruption
10 Apr 200928 Apr 20092Confirmed eruption
13 May 200529 May 20052Confirmed eruption
25 Jan 19958 Apr 19952Confirmed eruption
19 Apr 199124 Apr 1991?2Confirmed 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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Fernandina · No current eruption report · 1,476 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • General Villamil AirportEcuador · IBB · SEII
    92.0 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC