Volcano in Ecuador

Reventador volcano: eruption status today

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Reventador is active now: NASA lists an open volcanic activity event (latest report Jul 10, 2019) 1 satellite hot spot within 10 km. 0 earthquakes within 50 km in the past 7 days.

Live status of Reventador: 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 Jul 10, 2019
Last eruption
1964 or later last significant: 2002
Elevation
3,562 m 11,687 ft
Type
Stratovolcano
Earthquakes within 50 km
0 past 30 days (USGS)
Hot spots within 10 km
1 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
Nearest city
Ibarra 70 km NW

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Is Reventador erupting right now?

NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) has an open volcanic event for Reventador, last updated Jul 10, 2019 (2665 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.

NASA FIRMS shows 1 thermal hot spot within 10 km of the summit in the latest VIIRS satellite passes (strongest 1.6 MW fire radiative power). Hot spots on a volcano can be lava, a glowing vent or ordinary vegetation fires; satellites cannot tell them apart on their own.

Earthquakes near Reventador

USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Reventador 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 Reventador

Reventador is a stratovolcano in Ecuador, rising to 3,562 m (11,687 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".

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 Ibarra, about 70 km NW of the summit; 5 other cities lie within 250 km.

Flights and volcanic ash

No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is El Dorado, 659 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, 1 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Chiles-Cerro Negro, 104 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.