April 13, 1943 Eruption of Cerro Azul

Name: April 13, 1943 Eruption of Cerro Azul
Start: 1943-04-13
Location: Cerro Azul, Ecuador

April 13, 1943 · VEI 3 · 1 death

Cerro Azul in Ecuador erupted on April 13, 1943 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Cerro Azul, Ecuador, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: April 13, 1943
Volcano: Cerro Azul, shield volcano
Country: Ecuador
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Killed by: Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts)
Location: 0.920° S, 91.408° W

The toll

Deaths: 1

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

P-39 fighter pilot from WW-II Galapagos air base crashed when flying over eruption.

Every eruption in 1943 The 1900s Cerro Azul Earthquakes near Cerro Azul This day in weather history

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. NCEI event 4033.