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Fuego volcano
Stratovolcano 3,763 m / 12,346 ft
Guatemala, 14.47°N / -90.88°W
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5)
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Fuego volcano eruptions:
1581, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1614, 1617, 1620, 1623, 1629, 1679(?), 1685, 1686, 1689(?), 1699, 1702, 1705, 1706, 1709(?), 1710,1717,1730, 1732, 1737, 1751(?), 1765(?), 1773(?), 1799, 1826, 1829, 1850(?), 1852(?), 1855, 1856, 1857, 1860, 1861(?), 1867(?), 1880, 1896, 1932, 1944, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1999, 2002 - ongoing
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Dominantly explosive, construction of lava domes and extrusion of viscous lava flows. In near constant activity, at least during the past centuries.
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Fuego volcano (Guatemala): strombolian activity continues with no lava flows

Thursday Aug 27, 2020 08:27 AM | BY: MARTIN
Strombolian-type explosion from Fuego volcano on 26 August (image: INSIVUMEH)
Strombolian-type explosion from Fuego volcano on 26 August (image: INSIVUMEH)
No lava flows are observed from satellite (image: Sentinel 2)
No lava flows are observed from satellite (image: Sentinel 2)
Explosive eruption of the volcano continues at moderate levels. Effusive activity is not observed after continuing lava flow on the northwest flank has ceased as we informed in the last update.
As the satellite image from 12 August shows, no lava flows are observed. Incandescence continues to be observed from the summit crater and caused weak to moderate avalanches of material towards the Seca, Taniluya, Ceniza, Trinidad and Las Lajas direction.
INSIVUMEH recorded weak to moderate strombolian-type explosions at regular intervals of 4 to 6 per hour that generated a grey ash plume which reached approx. 14,763-15,419 ft (4,500-4,700 m) altitude. The plumes drifted towards the west and southwest direction.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología volcano activity update 27 August 2020
Previous news
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: OCNL LGT VA EMS OBS IN SUMMIT WEB CAM AND STLT IMAGERY to 15000 ft (4600 m)
Friday, Aug 21, 2020
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EMS OBS to 14000 ft (4300 m)
Friday, Aug 21, 2020
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS HAVE DISP
Thursday, Aug 20, 2020
Fuego Volcano: sporadic emissions of volcanic ash
Friday, Aug 14, 2020
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: OCNL EM to 15000 ft (4600 m)
 

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