Volcano in Ecuador
Cerro Azul volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Cerro Azul is being reported right now Last eruption: 1964 or later; last significant eruption 1943 (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Cerro Azul: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.
- Status now
- No open report
- Last eruption
- 1964 or later last significant: 1943
- Elevation
- 1,640 m 5,381 ft
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 0 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Manta 1187 km E
Is Cerro Azul erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Cerro Azul right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1964 or later, and the last eruption in its significant-eruption database was in 1943. Volcano observatories can raise alert levels before an eruption starts, so check the national observatory for the current alert level.
No satellite thermal hot spot was detected within 10 km of the summit in the latest NASA FIRMS data, so there is no sign of lava at the surface large enough for VIIRS to see (clouds can hide it).
Earthquakes near Cerro Azul
USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Cerro Azul in the past 30 days. Outside the United States USGS mainly lists quakes above about M4, so small volcanic tremors recorded by the local observatory will not appear here.
About Cerro Azul
Cerro Azul is a shield volcano in Galapagos, Ecuador, rising to 1,640 m (5,381 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
Shield volcanoes have broad, gentle slopes built by fluid lava flows; eruptions are usually effusive (lava fountains and flows) rather than explosive.
The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Manta, 1187 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Jorge Chávez, 2002 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.
Other volcanoes in Ecuador
Ecuador has 15 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now, 2 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Sierra Negra, 28 km away.
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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.