What the records say
- When
- 6650 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 0.55° N, 77.58° W
- Vei
- 5
- Date uncertainty
- year uncertain
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)
- Volcano number
- 352001
- Eruption number
- 11389
- Vei modifier
- ?
Soche
Volcano in Ecuador
Soche is a 3,955-metre-high (12,976 ft) dacitic volcano in Ecuador and is located on the northern end of a secondary volcanic chain. Constructed on a Paleozoic substratum, it contains an eastwards-opening caldera in the summit region. A large eruption in 6650 BCE generated ashfall into Colombia and two lava domes in the caldera.
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The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page