Volcano profile

Peru

Sabancaya.

Volcano profile for Sabancaya in Peru, 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
5,960 m
Last documented eruption
2026
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 3 highest recorded · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-15.787°, -71.857°
GVP number
354006

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No current eruption report

Peru

Sabancaya

Stratovolcano

Elevation
5,960 m
Last documented eruption
2026
No current eruption report

Reporting period: Oct 8, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-15.787°, -71.857°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
354006
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Sabancaya · Peru

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
13 Sep 2025Uncertain dating25 Mar 20263Confirmed eruption
6 Nov 20166 Apr 20253Confirmed eruption
8 Mar 201512 Dec 20151Uncertain eruption
5 Aug 201427 Dec 20141Uncertain eruption
30 Jul 200331 Jul 20032?Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 200029 Oct 20002Confirmed eruption
28 May 199016 Sep 19983Confirmed eruption
22 Jun 198816 Oct 19881Confirmed eruption
7 Aug 1987Not available2?Uncertain eruption
16 Dec 1986Not available1Confirmed eruption
Jul 1784Not available—Confirmed eruption
1750Not available—Confirmed eruption
1350Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3490 BCEUncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
6600 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.

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Volcano at a glance

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Sabancaya · No current eruption report · 5,960 m

Radius · 100 km

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Airports

  • Rodríguez Ballón International AirportPeru · AQP · SPQU
    68.8 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC