Tungurahua, Ecuador

Stratovolcano · 5,023 m (16,480 ft)

Tungurahua is a stratovolcano in Ecuador, 5,023 m (16,480 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records 11 significant eruptions here, which killed 5,012 people where the toll is counted.

Tungurahua on the map

Tungurahua 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: 5,023 m (16,480 ft)
Country: Ecuador
Summit: 1.467° S, 78.442° W
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 352080

Significant eruptions

11 on record, newest first.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Tungurahua Ash advisories and webcams 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.