Acatenango volcano
Updated: Jun 1, 2023 05:55 GMT -
Stratovolcano 3976 m / 13,044 ft
Guatemala, 14.5°N / -90.88°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.5°N / -90.88°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Acatenango volcano eruptions: 1972
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance/Location | ||
| Friday, May 19, 2023 GMT (1 quake) | ||||
| May 19, 2023 1:44 am (GMT -6) (May 19, 2023 07:44 GMT) | 2.3 6 km | 27 km (17 mi) 8.4 km northeast of Chimaltenango, Guatemala | ||
Background
Acatenango, along with its twin volcano to the south, Volcán Fuego, overlooks the historic former capital city of Antigua, Guatemala. Acatenango, which has two principal summits, was constructed during three eruptive periods post-dating the roughly 85,000-year-old Los Chocoyos tephra from Atitlán caldera. An ancestral Acatenango volcano collapsed to the south sometime prior to 43,000 years ago, forming La Democracia debris-avalanche deposit, which covers a wide area of the Pacific coastal plain. Construction of Yepocapa, the northern summit of Acatenango, was completed about 20,000 years ago, after which growth of the southern and highest cone, Pico Central (also known as Pico Mayor), began. The first well-documented eruptions of Acatenango took place from 1924 to 1927, although earlier historical eruptions may have occurred. Francisco Vasquez, writing in 1690, noted that in 1661 a volcano that lay aside of Fuego "opened a smoking mouth and still gives off smoke from another three, but without noise."---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Acatenango Photos
Pacaya volcano with its lava flows seen from Acatenango volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
The silhouettes of Acatenango, Fuego and Atitlán volcanoes at dawn (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
Hiking up Acatenango volcano, Guatemala (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes seen from Antigua (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
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