GVP volcano 353060 · no holder yet
Cerro Azul
Cerro Azul is a 1,640 m shield volcano in Ecuador, erupting as recently as 2008.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,640 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2008
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1943
- Eruptions
- 14 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.92°S 91.41°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Galapagos Hotspot Volcano Group, Eastern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 353060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).