Calbuco, 2015

The volcano in southern Chile erupted on a Wednesday for the first time in more than 42 years, billowing a large ash cloud over a sparsely populated mountainous area and prompting evacuations. Its previous eruption had been in 1972. Chilean assessments placed the 6,500 foot cone among the three most potentially dangerous of the country's 90 active volcanoes.

Eruption start

2015-04-22

Eruption end

2015-05-26

Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)

4

Volcano

Calbuco

GVP volcano page

volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=358020

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: chile, ash cloud, evacuation, andes

Coordinates: -41.33, -72.618

Part of Volcanic eruptions of VEI 4 since 2000

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