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Puracé

Purace

Stratovolcano · Colombia · 4650m

Snow-capped Puracé volcano has a 500-m-wide summit crater and is one of the most active volcanoes in Colombia. Frequent explosive eruptions in the 19th and 20th centuries have modified the morphology of the summit crater, with some of the largest occurring in 1849, 1869, and 1885.
Snow-capped Puracé volcano has a 500-m-wide summit crater and is one of the most active volcanoes in Colombia. Frequent explosive eruptions in the 19th and 20th centuries have modified the morphology of the summit crater, with some of the largest occurring in 1849, 1869, and 1885. · Photo: Photo by Federmán Escobar Chávez, 2005. · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Colombia
Region
South America Volcanic Regions / Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
4650m
Coordinates
2.309, -76.395
Last eruption
2026
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

Puracé is an active andesitic volcano with a 600-m-diameter summit crater at the NW end of the Los Coconucos Volcanic Chain. This volcanic complex includes nine composite and five monogenetic volcanoes, extending from the Puracé crater more than 6 km SE to the summit of Pan de Azúcar stratovolcano. The dacitic massif which the complex is built on extends about 13 km NW-SE and 10 km NE-SW. Frequent small to moderate explosive eruptions reported since 1816 CE have modified the morphology of the summit crater, with the largest eruptions in 1849, 1869, and 1885.

From Wikipedia

Puracé is an andesitic stratovolcano located in the Puracé National Natural Park in the Cauca Department, Colombia. It is part of the North Volcanic Zone of the Andean Volcanic Belt. The volcano is located at the intersection of the Coconucos and Morras Faults.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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160 BCE~39 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1628~1826 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1826~2025 · 27 eruptions · max VEI 3160 BCE43683314291826

Detailed timeline

  1. 2025VEI ?Observed
    2025-11-23 – 2026-03-16
  2. 2025VEI 2Observed
    2025-01-19 – 2025-02-21
    Curiquinga Crater
  3. 2023VEI 1Observed
    2023-11-16 – 2023-11-16
  4. 2022VEI 1Observed
    2022-03-29 – 2022-03-29
    Between Puracé and Curiquinga
  5. 1977VEI 2Observed
    1977-03-19 – 1977-03-28
  6. 1957VEI 2Observed
    1957-07-02 – Ongoing
  7. 1956VEI 2Observed
    1956-07-02 – Ongoing
  8. 1949VEI 2Observed
    1949-05-26 – 1949-06-11
  9. 1947VEI 2Observed
    1947-04-27 – Ongoing
  10. 1946VEI 2Observed
    1946-03 – 1946-04
  11. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927 – Ongoing
  12. 1926VEI 2Observed
    1926-08 – 1926-09
  13. 1925VEI 2Observed
    1925-10-12 – 1925-11-05
  14. 1924VEI 2Observed
    1924 – Ongoing
  15. 1906VEI 2Observed
    1906 – Ongoing
  16. 1902VEI 2Observed
    1902 – Ongoing
  17. 1899VEI 2Observed
    1899 – Ongoing
  18. 1885VEI 3Observed
    1885-05-25 – Ongoing
  19. 1881VEI 2Observed
    1881 – Ongoing
  20. 1878VEI 2Observed
    1878-08-31 – Ongoing
  21. 1870VEI 2Observed
    1870-10 – Ongoing
  22. 1869VEI 3Observed
    1869-10-04 – 1869-11
  23. 1860 (±9 yrs)VEI 2Observed
    1860 – Ongoing
  24. 1847VEI 3Observed
    1847-10-27 – 1852
  25. 1840VEI 2Observed
    1840 – Ongoing
  26. 1835VEI 2Observed
    1835-01-23 – Ongoing
  27. 1827VEI 2Observed
    1827-11-18 – Ongoing
  28. 1816VEI ?Observed
    1816 – Ongoing
  29. 160 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 160 – Ongoing

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