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 1000133
Name: Sabancaya (354006)
Lat/Lon: -15.79 , -71.86
Event Date: 23 Jan 2026 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 15000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 1250000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 3
Population Exposure Index PEI: 3
Inserted at: 23 Jan 2026 08:50 UTC

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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 08 Jan 2026 06:29.
The Instituto Geof?sico del Per??s (IGP) Centro Vulcanol?gico Nacional (CENVUL) reported continuing eruptive activity at Sabancaya during 29 December 2025-7 January 2026. The seismic network detected 6-25 daily earthquakes indicating the movement of magma and gases. There were 0-4 daily thermal anomalies at the bottom of the crater identified in satellite images. Ash, steam, and gas plumes generally rose as high as 1 km above the crater rim during 29-30 December, though at 1646 on 30 December a plume rose 1.4 km above the crater rim. During 31 December-6 January gas-and-steam plumes rose 200-600 m above the crater rim. Ash, steam, and gas plumes rose 500 m above the crater rim during 6-7 January. The emissions drifted within 10 km in various directions throughout the week. The Alert Level remained at Orange (the third level on a four-color scale) and the public was warned to stay outside of a 12 km radius from the summit. Source: Instituto Geof?sico del Per? (IGP)
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Latest media headlines

Sabancaya Volcano (Peru) activity update Jan 22, 2026 - Continuing eru.. 1/23/2026 12:02:00 PM.

The Centro Vulcanológico Nacional del Instituto Geofísico del Perú (CENVUL-IGP) reported that the eruption continued at Sabancaya between 21 January 2026 (local) and 22 January 2026 (local). Ash, gas, and vapor plume(s) rose to a maximum of
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Sabancaya Volcano (Peru) activity update Jan 21, 2026 - Continuing eru.. 1/22/2026 11:26:00 AM.

The Centro Vulcanológico Nacional del Instituto Geofísico del Perú (CENVUL-IGP) reported that the eruption continued at Sabancaya between 20 January 2026 (local) and 21 January 2026 (local). Ash, gas, and vapor plume(s) rose to a maximum of
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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 (31), INGV (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1), JSR (1),