Volcano profile
3 active and potentially active volcanoes in Peru — eruption history, elevation, VEI and population exposure.
Volcanoes
3
in database
Active
3
Erupted since 2000
2
Highest VEI
VEI 3
Highest peak
5,976m
Sabancaya
People within 30km
1.6M
Yes — 3 active
Peru has 3 catalogued volcanoes, 3 currently classified active, with about 1.6 million people living within 30 km of one. The volcano our model rates most likely to erupt in the next year is Ubinas (~8.1%).
Statistical estimates from the QuakeGlobe eruption-forecast model, not predictions. Always follow official volcano-observatory advisories.
South America • Stratovolcano
Elevation
5,672m
Last Eruption
2019
Pop. 30km
50K
Pop. 100km
1.5M
📍 -16.3550°, -70.9030°
South America • Stratovolcano
Elevation
5,822m
Last Eruption
1985
Pop. 30km
1.5M
Pop. 100km
2.0M
📍 -16.2940°, -71.4090°
South America • Stratovolcano
Elevation
5,976m
Last Eruption
2024
Pop. 30km
30K
Pop. 100km
500K
📍 -15.7870°, -71.8570°
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FAQ
Peru has 3 catalogued volcanoes in the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program dataset, 3 currently classified as active, and 2 have erupted since 2000. About 1.6 million people live within 30 km of one.
Our eruption-forecast model rates Ubinas the most likely to erupt in the next 12 months in Peru, at roughly 8.1% (about one eruption every 12 years on average). This is a statistical estimate, not a prediction — follow official volcano-observatory advisories.
By population exposure — the number of people within 30 km weighted by eruption probability — the most dangerous volcano in Peru is Misti, with about 1,500,000 people within 30 km and a modeled 6.6% one-year eruption probability.
The most recent eruption in our dataset for Peru was at Sabancaya in 2024.