GVP volcano 352011 · no holder yet
Pululahua
Pululahua is a 3,360 m caldera in Ecuador, last erupted in 290 CE.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 3,360 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 290 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 690 BCE
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.05°N 78.49°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352011
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).