InSAR imaging has discovered that a region of about around Uturuncu is uplifting. Between 1992 and 2006, the uplift amounted to in an area wide but with variations over time such as a temporary acceleration after a 1998 earthquake, a gradual slowdown either continuing or followed by an acceleration to about in the few years before 2017, along with seasonal variations. Overall, the total volume change between 1992 and 2006 was about , with a total volume change of about ; such rates are typical for intrusions in the Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex and historical lava dome eruptions and might reflect a short-term rate.