Saturday, Sep 15, 2012

In the course of the night there were 7 explosions, 4 weak and 3 moderate expelling fine ash at 500 and 800 meters above the crater. The stronger explosions were accompanied by rumbling noises and created plumes that drifted 7 km to the west and SW where fine ash fall occurred in the Sangre Cristo area. ... [more]

The Fuego volcano eruption has decreased to normal activity, INSIVUMEH reports last night. The seismic station FG3 shows signals typical for weak explosions that send fine ash clouds up to 500 meters above the crater. ... [more]

The eruption has started to decline from 10 am in the morning today 14 Sep, INSIVUMEH reports. ... [more]

Friday, Sep 14, 2012

The eruption of the volcano has undergone a change from explosive to mainly effusive over the past few hours, INSIVUMEH reports in the latest bulletin last night (22h00 local time). Instead of a large sustained ash column, there are now smaller pulsating ash emissions reaching 3-700 m height, but instead the volcano is producing large (for Fuego) lava flows between 900 and 1,000 meters long and 150 wide. The different activity is also leaving a different type of seismic signature and has remained stable over the past hours. ... [more]

Fuego volcano's activity further increased after 03:25 local time on 13 Sep, and culminated in violent explosive activity with medium-sizes pyroclastic flows running down its slopes (mainly through Ceniza Canyon), INSIVUMEH reports.
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