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Avachinsky: eruption history

Elevation2,717 m

TypeStratovolcano

Confirmed eruptions55#5 of 95 in country

Latest eruption2001-10-05

Largest VEI5

Location53.26, 158.84

Eruptions per century (since 1500)

1500–15991

1600–16990

1700–17993

1800–18999

1900–19996

2000–20991

By VEI

VEI 11

VEI 212

VEI 33

VEI 47

VEI 55

Eruptions (latest first, up to 60)

Start	VEI	End
2001-10-05	1	2001
1991-01-13	2	1991
1945-02-25	4	1945
1938-03-06	3	1938
1926-03-27	4	1927
1909-08-16	2	–
1901-07-07	2	1901
1894-10-16	2	1895
1881-07-02	2	–
1878-07-02	2	–
1855-05-28	2	1855
1854-08-13	2	–
1853-12-21	2	1854
1851-11-26	2	1852
1828-04-17	2	–
1827-06-27	4	1827
1779-06-15	3	1779
1772	2	–
1737-08	3	1737
1550	–	–
1400	–	–
1200	–	–
1100	–	–
900	–	–
700	–	–
400	–	–
100	–	–
1350 BCE	5	–
1500 BCE	5	–
1700 BCE	–	–
2100 BCE	–	–
2300 BCE	–	–
2500 BCE	–	–
2530 BCE	4	–
2650 BCE	–	–
2900 BCE	–	–
2950 BCE	–	–
3200 BCE	5	–
3400 BCE	–	–
3500 BCE	–	–
3700 BCE	–	–
3790 BCE	4	–
4050 BCE	–	–
4200 BCE	–	–
4250 BCE	–	–
4340 BCE	5	–
4400 BCE	–	–
4460 BCE	4	–
4550 BCE	4	–
5450 BCE	–	–
5500 BCE	–	–
5600 BCE	–	–
5700 BCE	–	–
5980 BCE	5	–
6100 BCE	–	–

Nearby volcanoes

Volcano	Distance	Eruptions
Koryaksky	11 km	7
Zhupanovsky	42 km	16
Dzenzursky	43 km	0
Veer	61 km	1
Barkhatnaya Sopka	64 km	1
Vilyuchinsky	72 km	1
Zavaritsky	78 km	2
Kostakan	82 km	6

Eruption records from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; older eruptions may be missing. VEI = Volcanic Explosivity Index (0–8). For current alerts, check the official agency.