Eruptive History
Villarrica is one of Chile's most active volcanoes and has had recorded eruptions even since the time of the conquest of Chile and the founding of the city of Villarrica at its foothills in 1552. As in the case of other volcanoes in southern Chile eruptive record uncertainties exists in the first half of the 17th century due to the surrender or abandonment of Spanish settlements during the destruction of the Seven Cities. The earliest registered eruption was recorded in 1558. Since then, there have been at least 65 eruptions with assumed Volcanic Explosivity Indexes of 1 or 3.
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