Volcano profile

Chile

Calbuco.

Volcano profile for Calbuco in Chile, 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
1,974 m
Last documented eruption
2015
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 5 highest recorded · latest VEI 4 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-41.33°, -72.618°
GVP number
358020

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No current eruption report

Chile

Calbuco

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,974 m
Last documented eruption
2015
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-41.33°, -72.618°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
358020
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Calbuco · Chile

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
22 Apr 201526 May 20154Confirmed eruption
26 Aug 197226 Aug 19722Confirmed eruption
1 Feb 196126 Mar 19613Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1945Not available—Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1932Not available—Confirmed eruption
6 Jan 19296 Jan 19293?Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 191716 May 19173?Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 19112 Jul 19122Confirmed eruption
16 Mar 1909Not available2Confirmed eruption
22 Apr 1907Not available2?Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1906Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 1894Uncertain dating2 Jul 18952?Confirmed eruption
7 Jan 189316 Jan 18944Confirmed eruption
1792Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1600Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1380Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
710Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
520Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
220Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
160Uncertain datingNot available4+Confirmed eruption
40Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
100 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
330 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1920 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4300 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5030 BCEUncertain datingNot available4+Confirmed eruption
5820 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
6300 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6760 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
7550 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
7930 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7990 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
8100 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
8210 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
8320 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
8460 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed 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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Calbuco · No current eruption report · 1,974 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • El Tepual International AirportChile · PMC · SCTE
    41.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert AirportChile · ZOS · SCJO
    88.2 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

Puerto VarasChile · 30.7 km

Port MonttChile · 31.2 km

LlanquihueChile · 33.5 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