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Santa Maria volcano (Guatemala), activity update: small dome collapses, pyroclastic flows

Thursday Jan 04, 2007 08:55 AM | BY: TOM PFEIFFER

Santa Maria volcano is in a heightened state of activity. On 28 Dec. 2006, INSIVUMEH reported a series of small sector collapses from the SW edge of Santa María's Caliente dome that produced pyroclastic flows travelling ca. 2 km down a ravine.
On 29 December, another collapse produced pyroclastic flows and incandescent blocks. Thick ash plumes associated with the pyroclastic flows on both days reached an altitude of 4.3 km (14,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted W and NW.
Washington VAAC reported minor emissions of gas and possible ash visible on satellite imagery on 1 and 2 January.


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Source: INSIVUMEH / GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 27 December 2006-2 January 2007

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