Get our newsletter!
 
 Volcano Discoveries: "One of the most eye-catching guides to the world’s volcanoes ever published.  VolcanoAdventures: Our professional team of volcanologists and photographers offers unique travel opportunities: volcano expeditions, photo tours, and relaxed walking & study tours.  The Volcano Adventure Guide: Excellent information and background for anyone wishing to visit active volcanoes safely and enjoyably. The book presents guidelines to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world. Guaranteed tours:
: spaces available / : guaranteed / : few spaces left / : booked out
Random pictures
|
|
  In this photo released by the civil defense unit of the state government of Jalisco, the eruption plume from the initial stage of the powerful vulcanian explosion at Colima volcano on May 23, 2005, has been captured on film. The collapsing eruption column loaded with ash and rock fragments has not yet fully developed, but the flanks of the volcano are already covered by the impacts of ballistics. (AP Photo/Proteccion Civil del estado de Jalisco-HO) 
Colima volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in North America and one of the potentially most dangerous ones. It has had more than 30 periods of eruptions since 1585, including several significant eruptions in the late 1990s. Scientific monitoring of the volcano began 20 years ago.
Stratovolcano 3850 m / 12,631 ft
Western Mexico, 19.51°N / -103.62°W
Current status: restless (2 out of 5)
Colima webcams / live data | ReportsColima volcano videosColima volcano books | Tours
Colima volcano eruptions:
1519, 1560, 1576, 1585, 1590, 1602(?), 1606, 1611-1613, 1622, 1690, 1711, 1743(?), 1744, 1749(?),1769, 1770, 1771, 1780, 1794, 1795, 1804, 1806-1809, 1818, 1819, 1866, 1869, 1870-71, 1872-73, 1874, 1875-78, 1879-80, 1880-81, 1882-84, 1885-1886, 1887, 1889-90, 1890, 1891-92, 1893-1902, 1903, 1904-1906, 1908-09, 1913, 1926-1931(?), 1941(?), 1957-1960, 1961-62, 1963-70, 1973(?), 1975-76, 1977-1982, 1983(?), 1985-86, 1987, 1988(?), 1991, 1994, 1997-2011, 2013-ongoing
Typical eruption style:Dominantly explosive. Construction of lava domes, vulcanian eruptions and strombolian activity. In near-constant activity since 1994.
Last earthquakes nearby
Colima volcano toursColima Volcano Special (5 days expedition to observe and photograph Colima volcano, Mexico)
Latest satellite images  Sentinel hub | Landsat 8
Volcano news: Colima Volcano (Mexico)
Colima volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EM CONT
Thursday Dec 29, 2016 13:00 PM |
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: FVXX20 at 12:44 UTC, 29/12/16 from KNES VA ADVISORY DTG: 20161229/1242Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: COLIMA 341040 PSN: N1930 W10337 AREA: MEXICO SUMMIT ELEV: 12631 FT [3850 M] ADVISORY NR: 2016/538 INFO SOURCE: GOES-EAST. GFS WINDS. NAM WINDS. VOLCANO WEB CAMERA. ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EM CONT OBS VA DTG: 29/1215Z OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA WINDS SFC/FL190 135/5-10KT FCST VA CLD +6HR: 29/1830Z FCST VA CLD +12HR: 30/0030Z FCST VA CLD +18HR: 30/0630Z RMK: T+0 CONFIDENCE LOW. DISCRETE VA EM AND EXPLOSIONS SEEN VIA WEBCAM. EM APPEAR TO BE MOV NW AND DIR IS SUPPORTED BY MODELS. VA NOT DETECTABLE IN STLT DUE TO WX CLDS ...VELASCO NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20161229/1845Z
Previous news
Background:Colima volcano is one of the most active in North America and one of the potentially most dangerous ones. It has had more than 30 periods of eruptions since 1585, including several significant eruptions in the late 1990s. Scientific monitoring of the volcano began 20 years ago.
The Colima volcanic complex is the most prominent volcanic center of the western Mexican Volcanic Belt. It consists of two southward-younging volcanoes, Nevado de Colima (the 4320 m high point of the complex) on the north and the 3850-m-high historically active Volcán de Colima at the south.
A group of cinder cones of probable late-Pleistocene age is located on the floor of the Colima graben west and east of the Colima complex. Volcán de Colima (also known as Volcán Fuego) is a youthful stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera, breached to the south, that has been the source of large debris avalanches. Major slope failures have occurred repeatedly from both the Nevado and Colima cones, and have produced a thick apron of debris-avalanche deposits on three sides of the complex. Frequent historical eruptions date back to the 16th century. Occasional major explosive eruptions (most recently in 1913) have destroyed the summit and left a deep, steep-sided crater that was slowly refilled and then overtopped by lava dome growth.
---
Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institute - Colima information
More on VolcanoDiscovery:
 Etna trekking tour: A tour entirely dedicated to Etna, the most active volcano in Europe. Spend 6 full days on Etna and get good chances to see eruptive activity.  Photos from Vanuatu: A fascinating archipelago with very active volcanoes, tropical islands and very friendly and hospital people who still live their original Melanesian culture. Browse through our vast collection of photos.
|
