Volcanoes in Mexico
Volcanoes of Mexico
Mexico holds 57 catalogued volcanoes. Below, the ones whose heat was measured from space in the last twenty-four hours, then the full list.
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Every catalogued volcano
- AcatenangoStratovolcano(es), last eruption 1972 CE
- AguaStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- AlmolongaStratovolcano, last eruption 1818 CE
- AtitlanStratovolcano(es), last eruption 1853 CE
- Atlixcos, LosShield, last eruption Unknown
- BarcenaPyroclastic cone(s), last eruption 1953 CE
- CeborucoStratovolcano, last eruption 1875 CE
- ChichinautzinVolcanic field, last eruption 399 CE
- Chichon, ElLava dome(s), last eruption 1982 CE
- ChingoStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Cinotepeque, CerroVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- Cofre de PeroteCompound, last eruption 1150 CE
- ColimaStratovolcano(es), last eruption 2019 CE
- Comondu-La PurisimaVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- Cuilapa-BarbarenaVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- Cumbres, LasStratovolcano, last eruption 3920 BCE
- Durango Volcanic FieldVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- FloresVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- FuegoStratovolcano(es), last eruption 2025 CE
- Gloria, LaVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- Humeros, LosCaldera(s), last eruption 4470 BCE
- IxtepequeLava dome(s), last eruption Unknown
- IztaccihuatlStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Jaraguay Volcanic FieldVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- JocotitlanStratovolcano, last eruption 1270 CE
- JumaytepequeStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Malinche, LaStratovolcano, last eruption 1170 BCE
- Mascota Volcanic FieldVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- Michoacan-GuanajuatoVolcanic field, last eruption 1952 CE
- MoyutaStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Naolinco Volcanic FieldVolcanic field, last eruption 1200 BCE
- Northern EPR at 16°NFissure vent(s), last eruption 50 BCE
- Northern EPR at 17°NFissure vent(s), last eruption 50 BCE
- Orizaba, Pico deStratovolcano, last eruption 1846 CE
- PacayaComplex, last eruption 2021 CE
- PinacateVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- PopocatepetlStratovolcano(es), last eruption 2025 CE
- Prieto, CerroLava dome, last eruption Unknown
- San Borja Volcanic FieldVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- San Luis, IslaTuff cone, last eruption 1141 BCE
- San MartinVolcanic field, last eruption 1796 CE
- SangangueyStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Santa MariaStratovolcano, last eruption 2025 CE
- Santiago, CerroVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- Serdan-OrientalVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- Singuil, CerroVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- SocorroShield, last eruption 1994 CE
- SuchitanStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- TacanaStratovolcano, last eruption 1986 CE
- TahualStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- TajumulcoStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- TecuamburroStratovolcano, last eruption 960 BCE
- TolimanStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- Toluca, Nevado deStratovolcano, last eruption 1350 BCE
- Tortuga, IslaShield, last eruption Unknown
- Yojoa, LagoVolcanic field, last eruption 7638 BCE
- Zitacuaro-Valle de BravoVolcanic field, last eruption 3050 BCE
Questions readers ask
- Which volcanoes are erupting right now?
- The list above is what satellites measured in the last twenty-four hours. It is not the list of erupting volcanoes: an eruption under cloud, or one too cool to detect, will be missing, and a lava field cooling after an eruption can still appear.
- How many active volcanoes are there in the world?
- The Smithsonian Institution catalogues about 1,300 volcanoes with an eruption during the Holocene, roughly the last 10,000 years. Far fewer are erupting at any given moment — typically a few dozen.
- How can a satellite tell a volcano is active?
- It measures infrared radiation. Lava, hot gas and fresh deposits emit far more than the surrounding ground, so a thermal sensor detects them from orbit — day or night, but not through thick cloud.
- Does an absent volcano mean it has stopped?
- No. It means no satellite measured heat there during the window. Cloud, the timing of the overpass, or an eruption confined below the surface all produce the same silence.
What this measurement is, and is not
- Radiative power is the infrared a sensor received at the instant it passed overhead. It is not a measure of emissions, of pollution, or of any contribution to climate change — a solar farm can top the list on reflected sunlight alone.
- A source absent from this page is not a source at rest: a polar satellite passes twice a day, clouds hide the ground, and a site that was hot between two overpasses was never seen.
- The site catalog is a snapshot, rebuilt by hand. A plant that opened after the last build is missing from it, and a plant that closed is still in it.
Where the data comes from
The detections are NASA FIRMS (LANCE / EOSDIS). The sites are not NASA's data and are not ours: they come from the Smithsonian Institution for volcanoes, the World Bank with NOAA and the Colorado School of Mines for flares, the World Resources Institute for power plants, the Spatial Finance Initiative for cement, steel and petrochemicals, Global Energy Monitor for steel, and the U.S. Geological Survey for mineral sites.