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ColombiaMap, activity and eruption history
The Holocene catalogue of the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program lists 14 volcanoes in Colombia. This page brings together the map, report status, eruption history and the surroundings of every single volcano. 1 of them currently have an eruption report or an elevated alert level.
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Published: Sep 17, 2026, 5:20 AM UTC · Reporting period: Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026 · GVP
“Last eruption” is a catalogue record, not evidence of activity in progress.
Eruptions with fatalities, damage or high explosivity from the NOAA NCEI database of significant volcanic eruptions.
The Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) runs from 0 (effusive) to 8 (super-eruptive). Each step stands for roughly ten times the erupted mass.
Documented eruptions since 1500. Earlier centuries are recorded less completely, so a rise also reflects better observation.
0 events in the last 30 days within 50 km of a volcano in Colombia.
No event within 50 km of a volcano in Colombia was recorded in the last 30 days.
Spatial proximity does not establish a volcanic origin. Many events in volcanic regions are tectonic.
What the volcanic landscape of Colombia is made of and which tectonic setting it sits in.
Airports with scheduled service and nuclear power plant sites near a volcano in Colombia.
No site from the included datasets lies within this radius.
This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts.
Short descriptions of the country's best-known volcanoes.
Puracé is an andesitic stratovolcano located in the Puracé National Natural Park in the Cauca Department, Colombia. It is part of the North Volcanic Zone of the Andean Volcanic Belt. The volcano is located at the intersection of the Coconucos and Morras Faults.
Nevado del Huila at 5,364 metres (17,598 ft) is the highest volcano in Colombia, located at the tripoint of the departments of Huila, Tolima and Cauca. It is visible from the city of Cali. The andesitic volcano is located on top of the Ibagué Batholith.
Nevado del Ruiz, also known as La Mesa de Herveo is a volcano on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, being the highest point of both. It is located about 130 km (81 mi) west of the capital city Bogotá. It is a stratovolcano composed of many layers of lava alternating with hardened volcanic ash and other pyroclastic rocks. Volcanic activity at Nevado del Ruiz began about two million years ago, during the Early Pleistocene or Late Pliocene, with three major eruptive periods. The current volcanic cone formed during the present eruptive period, which began 150,000 years ago.
The Nevado del Tolima is a Late Pleistocene to recently active andesitic stratovolcano located in the Tolima department, Colombia. The volcano lies south of Nevado del Ruiz volcano and is situated within the Los Nevados National Natural Park. The volcano, whose most recent activity dates to 1943 and last major eruption around 3600 years ago, overlies the Eocene El Bosque Batholith, dated at 49.1 ± 1.7 Ma.
Nevado de Santa Isabel is a shield volcano straddling the boundaries of the Colombian departments of Tolima, Caldas, and Risaralda, being the highest point of the latter. The volcano lies approximately 10 kilometers southwest of the larger Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Santa Isabel is the third highest peak in Los Nevados National Natural Park. It is a relatively flat volcano with three domes of nearly equal elevation.
Cumbal is a stratovolcano of the Caribe Terrane, located at the Nudo de los Pastos in Nariño, Colombia. It is the southernmost historically active volcano of Colombia and is together with Chiles and Azufral one of the few volcanoes of the Western Ranges. The volcano is dominated by andesites.
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