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Pacaya volcano, Guatemala: news & activity updates

Updated: Nov 20, 2025 17:23 GMT -
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Pacaya Volcano (Guatemala) activity update Sep 26, 2025 - Unrest

Saturday, Sep 27, 2025 | 1 month ago · VN
The Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) reported that unrest continued at Pacaya between 25 September 2025 (local) and 26 September 2025 (local). Gas and vapor plume(s) were reported.
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Pacaya Volcano (Guatemala) activity update Sep 24, 2025 - Unrest

Thursday, Sep 25, 2025 | 1 month ago · VN
The Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) reported that unrest continued at Pacaya between 23 September 2025 (local) and 24 September 2025 (local). Gas plume(s) were reported.
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Pacaya volcano
Complex volcano 2552 m (8,373 ft)
Guatemala, 14.38°N / -90.6°W
Map of Pacaya volcano Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Pacaya volcano eruptions:
1360, 1565, 1623(?), 1651, 1655, 1664, 1668, 1671, 1674, 1677(?), 1678, 1690, 1693, 1699, 1717(?), 1760(?), 1775, 1805, 1830(?), 1846, 1885, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 - May 1998 (intense period of summit activity), 1999-2003, 2004-2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Typical eruption style
Mildly explosive and effusive (Strombolian activity, lava fountaining, lava flows from the summit crater). Near continuously active the least during the past centuries.
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