Volcano profile

Chile / Bolivia

Parinacota.

Volcano profile for Parinacota in Chile / Bolivia, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
6,336 m
Last documented eruption
290
Coordinates
-18.166°, -69.142°
GVP number
355012

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No current eruption report

Chile / Bolivia

Parinacota

Stratovolcano

Elevation
6,336 m
Last documented eruption
290
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-18.166°, -69.142°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
355012
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Parinacota · Chile / Bolivia

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
290Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
90Uncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
1100 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
4320 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
5840 BCEUncertain datingNot availableConfirmed eruption
7950 BCENot availableConfirmed 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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Parinacota · No current eruption report · 6,336 m

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