GVP volcano 352001 · no holder yet
Soche
Soche is a 3,955 m stratovolcano in Ecuador, last erupted around 6650 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,955 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 6650 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 6650 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.55°N 77.58°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352001
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).