GVP volcano 352080 · no holder yet
Tungurahua
Tungurahua is a 5,023 m stratovolcano in Ecuador, erupting as recently as 2016.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,023 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2016
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1010 BCE
- Eruptions
- 31 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 1.47°S 78.44°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352080
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).