Agua, Guatemala

Stratovolcano · 3,760 m (12,336 ft)

Agua is a stratovolcano in Guatemala, 3,760 m (12,336 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 1,300 people where the toll is counted.

Agua on the map

Agua and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 3,760 m (12,336 ft)
Country: Guatemala
Summit: 14.465° N, 90.743° W
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 342100

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

September 11, 15411,300 deaths

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.