Volcano in Peru
Huambo volcano: eruption status today
Updated
Huambo is active now: NASA lists an open volcanic activity event (latest report Dec 29, 2025) 0 earthquakes within 50 km in the past 7 days.
Live status of Huambo: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.
- Status now
- Active (NASA EONET) latest report Dec 29, 2025
- Last eruption
- Undated (probable Holocene)
- Elevation
- 4,554 m 14,942 ft
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 1 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Arequipa 90 km SE
Is Huambo erupting right now?
NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) has an open volcanic event for Huambo, last updated Dec 29, 2025 (301 days ago). EONET opens an event when agencies such as the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program report eruptive activity or unrest, and closes it when activity ends.
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 Huambo
USGS located 1 earthquake within 50 km of Huambo in the past 30 days, 0 of them in the last week. The largest was M4.3 on Oct 9, 2026, 46 km S of the summit at 111 km depth.
0 of them were shallower than 10 km. Swarms of shallow quakes can mean magma or gas is moving, but most swarms end without an eruption; observatories combine them with ground deformation and gas data.
| Time (UTC) | Magnitude | Distance | Depth | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 10:55 UTC | M4.3 | 46 km S | 111 km | 20 km NNE of El Pedregal, Peru |
About Huambo
Huambo is a stratovolcano in Peru, rising to 4,554 m (14,942 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Holocene".
Stratovolcanoes are steep cones built from alternating lava and ash layers; their eruptions are often explosive, with ash columns that can reach cruising altitude.
The nearest large town is Arequipa, about 90 km SE of the summit; 2 other cities lie within 250 km.
- Arequipa (90 km) earthquakes nearby
- Juliaca (211 km)
- Puno (220 km)
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Jorge Chávez, 685 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 Peru
Peru has 5 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now. The closest other one is Sabancaya, 24 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.