Fuego, Guatemala

Stratovolcano · 3,763 m (12,346 ft)

Fuego is a stratovolcano in Guatemala, 3,763 m (12,346 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records 11 significant eruptions here, which killed 218 people where the toll is counted.

Fuego on the map

Fuego 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: 3,763 m (12,346 ft)
Country: Guatemala
Summit: 14.473° N, 90.880° W
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 342090

Significant eruptions

11 on record, newest first.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Fuego Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

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.