Pacaya Volcano
Updated: 19 abr. 2024 11:17 GMT -
Complex volcano 2552 m (8,373 ft)
Guatemala, 14.38°N / -90.6°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.38°N / -90.6°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 17 abr 2022 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
Pacaya volcano near Guatemala City is one of Guatemala's most active volcanoes, and its frequent eruptions are often visible from Guatemala City. Typical activity in recent years includes strombolian activity, lava flow emission and intermittend violent phases of lava fountaining.
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Erupciones del volcán Pacaya: 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
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Fecha / Hora | Revista / Prof. | Distancia / Ubicación | |||
| 18 abr 06:10 (GMT -6) | 0.0 21 km | 29 km al este |  Santa Rosa, 42 km al sureste de Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala | Más | |
| martes, 16 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 15 abr 19:30 (Guatemala) | 2.7 22 km | 24 km al oeste | 6 Km al noroeste de Escuintla, Guatemala | Más | |
| miércoles, 10 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 9 abr 19:10 (GMT -6) | ? n/a | 29 km al noreste | Near Guatemala, Guatemala (inconfirmado) 5 reports | Más | |
| jueves, 4 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 4 abr 15:15 (Guatemala) | 2.5 15 km | 29 km al sur | 29 Km al noreste de Iztapa, Guatemala | Más | |
| lunes, 1 abril 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 1 abr 04:35 (Guatemala) | 1.9 6 km | 25 km al este | 13 Km al noroeste de Cuilapa, Guatemala | Más | |
| domingo, 17 marzo 2024 GMT (2 sismos) | |||||
| 17 mar 01:06 (Guatemala) | 2.3 2 km | 21 km al noreste | 21 Km Al Sureste De Guatemala, Guatemala | Más | |
| 17 mar 01:05 (Guatemala) | 2.1 10 km | 19 km al noreste | 19 Km Al Sureste De Guatemala, Guatemala | Más | |
| viernes, 15 marzo 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 15 mar 02:46 (Guatemala) | 2.4 204 km | 11 km al norte | 17 Km Al Sur De Guatemala, Guatemala | Más | |
| sábado, 3 febrero 2024 GMT (2 sismos) | |||||
| 3 feb 12:30 (Guatemala) | 3.1 199 km | 10.4 km al sureste | 25 Km Al Oeste De Cuilapa, Guatemala | Más | |
| 3 feb 12:14 (Guatemala) | 2.4 51 km | 29 km al sureste | 17 Km Al Suroeste De Cuilapa, Guatemala | Más | |
| martes, 16 enero 2024 GMT (4 sismos) | |||||
| 16 ene 17:17 (Guatemala) | 3.2 1 km | 14 km al noroeste | 16 Km Al Noroeste De Guatemala, Guatemala 2 reports | Más | |
Background
Pacaya is a complex basaltic volcano constructed just outside the southern topographic rim of the 14 x 16 km Pleistocene Amatitlán caldera. A cluster of dacitic lava domes occupies the southern caldera floor. The post-caldera Pacaya massif includes the Cerro Grande lava dome and a younger volcano to the SW. Collapse of Pacaya volcano about 1100 years ago produced a debris-avalanche deposit that extends 25 km onto the Pacific coastal plain and left an arcuate somma rim inside which the modern Pacaya volcano (MacKenney cone) grew. A subsidiary crater, Cerro Chino, was constructed on the NW somma rim and was last active in the 19th century.During the past several decades, activity at Pacaya has consisted of frequent strombolian eruptions with intermittent lava flow extrusion that has partially filled in the caldera moat and armored the flanks of MacKenney cone, punctuated by occasional larger explosive eruptions that partially destroy the summit of the cone.
Source: GVP
Pacaya Volcano Photos
Vista hacia la lava que fluye rápidamente. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Flujo de lava en el volcán Pacaya (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
El interior de la corriente de lava de refrigeración esté brillando caliente. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Zoom en el flujo de lava (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Latest satellite images
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