Country

Colombia

Colombia on the map: 14 Holocene volcanoes and 27 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
14
Confirmed eruptions
131
Continuing eruptions
2
Highest volcano
Nevado del Huila 5,364 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
27
Strongest
M 8.0 1970
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Galeras Complex volcanoes 4,276 m 36 2014
Purace continuing Stratovolcanoes 4,650 m 29 2026
Nevado del Ruiz continuing Stratovolcanoes 5,279 m 20 2026
Nevado del Tolima Stratovolcanoes 5,215 m 12 1943
Cerro Bravo Stratovolcanoes 3,985 m 8 1720
Machin Stratovolcanoes 2,749 m 7 1180
Azufral Stratovolcanoes 4,070 m 4 930 BCE
Nevado del Huila Stratovolcanoes 5,364 m 4 2012
Santa Isabel Shield volcanoes 4,944 m 4 850 BCE
Cumbal Stratovolcanoes 4,764 m 2 1926
Dona Juana Stratovolcanoes 4,137 m 2 1906
Romeral Stratovolcanoes 3,769 m 2 5,390 BCE
Chiles-Cerro Negro Stratovolcanoes 4,698 m 1 1936
Sotara Stratovolcanoes 4,400 m 0 —

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 8.0 · 95 km N of San Antonio del Estrecho, Peru 31 July 1970 · 645 km
  2. M 7.4 · 4 km SSW of San José del Palmar, Colombia 10 August 2026 · 116 km
  3. M 7.3 · 11 km WNW of San Agustín, Colombia 30 September 2012 · 170 km
  4. M 7.2 · 33 km NNW of Santa Genoveva de Docordó, Colombia 19 November 1991 · 21 km
  5. M 7.2 · 11 km NNW of Murindó, Colombia 18 October 1992 · 10 km
  6. M 7.2 · 32 km SSW of Pizarro, Colombia 15 November 2004 · 15 km
  7. M 7.1 · 5 km SE of Castilla La Nueva, Colombia 31 August 1917 · 15 km
  8. M 7.0 · 41 km SE of Baraya, Colombia 9 February 1967 · 35 km
  9. M 6.9 · 2 km NNE of Yacuanquer, Colombia 9 February 2013 · 145 km
  10. M 6.8 · 23 km E of Toribío, Colombia 6 June 1994 · 12 km
  11. M 6.8 · 24 km SW of Roncesvalles, Colombia 2 September 1997 · 199 km
  12. M 6.8 · 39 km WNW of Timbiquí, Colombia 10 September 2007 · 15 km
  13. M 6.8 · 6 km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia 29 July 1967 · 161 km
  14. M 6.7 · 76 km SSW of San Andrés, Colombia 17 March 1926 · 25 km
  15. M 6.7 · 15 km S of Murindó, Colombia 17 October 1992 · 14 km
  16. M 6.7 · 101 km WSW of Bahía Solano, Colombia 13 August 2013 · 12 km
  17. M 6.6 · 15 km S of Cubará, Colombia 21 April 1957 · 25 km
  18. M 6.6 · 7 km WSW of Neira, Colombia 19 August 1995 · 120 km
  19. M 6.6 · 19 km N of Bahía Solano, Colombia 27 September 1970 · 10 km
  20. M 6.5 · 148 km W of Pizarro, Colombia 20 April 1914 · 15 km
  21. M 6.5 · 25 km ESE of Tadó, Colombia 30 July 1962 · 64 km
  22. M 6.5 · 9 km NW of Bahía Solano, Colombia 26 September 1970 · 9 km
  23. M 6.5 · 86 km W of Pizarro, Colombia 24 April 1973 · 50 km
  24. M 6.5 · 12 km N of Juradó, Colombia 25 January 1975 · 36 km
  25. M 6.5 · 16 km ESE of Páez, Colombia 19 January 1995 · 17 km
  26. M 6.5 · 10 km SW of Juradó, Colombia 8 November 2000 · 17 km
  27. M 5.6 · 3 km E of Restrepo, Colombia 17 August 2023 · 10 km