After rumbling and belching ash, the Cotopaxi volcano was silent Sunday, hours after Ecuador declared a state of emergency and fearful residents were evacuated. “Monitoring of the Cotopaxi volcano ...

A volcano in Ecuador that has not erupted in nearly 140 years belched a column of ash eight kilometers high on Friday, prompting officials to raise the alert level. In addition to the five-mile plume, ...

Ecuador has several dormant volcanoes not only challenging in themselves, but great practice for bigger peaks. Here’s a first-person account of one man’s Ecuadorian climbs. Cotopaxi volcano spewing ...

Sangay Volcano in Ecuador, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, sends ash and volcanic material into the sky in a ...

HUAMBALO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano has been putting on a dramatic show, spewing lava from a cauldron-like crater and launching towering clouds of ash and gas. The country’s ...

Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano erupted on Wednesday, with a series of fiery explosions spewing ash and smoke 13,000 feet into the air. The volcano, which is 5,023 meters high, has been active since 1999 ...

Ecuador’s Sangay volcano recorded 344 seismically detected explosions in a single 24-hour window on May 6, 2026, capping a stretch of intense activity that has forced repeated aviation ash advisories ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has spewed a 6-mile column of ash after a powerful, five-minute explosion that shot pyroclastic material onto its northern and northwestern flanks.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Volcano monitors say Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano shot lava a half mile (1 kilometer) above its crater overnight and blasted hot rock and gas nearly 2 miles (3 kilometers) down ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador is spewing out red-hot rocks and billowing coarse ash. The South American country's Geophysical Institute says the increased activity began ...