Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for Sabancaya
in Peru

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Sabancaya Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 354006
Name: Sabancaya
Lat/Lon: -15.787 , -71.857
Event Date: 29 Jun 2020 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 15000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 1090000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 3
Population Exposure Index PEI: 3
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2019 09:49 UTC

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Peru - Volcano eruption (ECHO 29 Jun 2020)Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:09

  • Sabancaya volcano, located in south Peru approximately 70 km northwest of Arequipa, continues to erupt magmatic gas and ash plume up to 7,600 metres high. 
  • Following the last relevant eruption of 27 June, the ash ejected by the volcano moved towards the northeast sector and, according to the National Volcanologiical Centre (CENVUL), the ashfall covered the districts of Madrigal, Lari, Maca, Achoma, Ichupampa, Yanque, Chivay and Coporaque.
  • The alert level stands at orange, residents and tourists are recommended not to access in a 12 km radius from the centre of the volcano.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Sabancaya report has been published on 12 Jun 2019 18:52.
Instituto Geof?sico del Per? (IGP) reported that during 3-9 June an average of 12 explosion per day were recorded at Sabancaya. Ash plumes rose 2.9 km above the crater rim. On 7 June explosions generated ash plumes that drifted 30 km S and SW. The public was warned to not approach the crater within a 12-km radius. Source: Instituto Geof?sico del Per? (IGP)
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 3 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Reportan actividad inusual en el volcán Ubinas desde el 11 de junioFri, 19 Jun 2020 03:34:00 +0200.

Especialistas del Instituto Geofísico del Perú ( IGP ), detectaron actividad sísmica inusual en el volcán Ubinas ( Moquegua ) desde el 11 de junio. Desde enero, el macizo había mostrado niveles bajos de actividad, luego que entrara nuevamen
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Arequipa: cenizas expulsadas por volcán Sabancaya se dispersan hacia d ... Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:09:00 +0200.

, ubicado en la región Arequipa , expulsó el miércoles cenizas, las cuales se dispersaron hacia el sector suroeste, exactamente en el distrito de Lluta y sus anexos de la provincia de Caylloma, informó el IGP. El IGP detalló en sus redes s
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Arequipa: cenizas expulsadas por volcán Sabancaya se dispersaron hacia ... Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:03:00 +0200.

El Instituto Geofísico del Perú (IGP), informó que el , ubicado en la región Arequipa, expulsó cenizas. Estas se dispersaron hacia el sector suroeste, exactamente en el distrito de Lluta y sus diferentes anexos de la provincia de Caylloma.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (32), (2), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),