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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
Typical eruption style:
Dominantly explosive, construction of lava domes and extrusion of viscous lava flows. In near constant activity, at least during the past centuries.

Fuego volcano tours:
Volcanoes in the land of the Maya (15-days study trip and expedition to Guatemala's volcanoes)
Guatemala Volcano Special (8-day volcano tour to Pacaya and Fuego, Guatemala)
Satellite image of Fuego volcano by (c) Google Earth View
Satellite image of Fuego volcano by (c) Google Earth View

Fuego volcano news & eruption updates:

Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONS VA EMS SEEN IN STLT. to 15000 ft (4600 m)

Fri, 5 Feb 2021, 00:15
00:15 AM | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 15000 ft (4600 m) altitude or flight level 150 .
The full report is as follows:

FVXX23 at 00:14 UTC, 05/02/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210205/0011Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO 342090
PSN: N1428 W09052

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/099

INFO SOURCE: GOES-16. WEBCAM. NWP MODELS.

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONS VA EMS SEEN IN STLT.

OBS VA DTG: 04/2330Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL150 N1429 W09053 - N1427 W09052
- N1419 W09100 - N1425 W09104 - N1429 W09053 MOV
SW 5KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 05/0530Z SFC/FL150 N1429 W09053
- N1427 W09052 - N1414 W09058 - N1420 W09106 -
N1429 W09053

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 05/1130Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 05/1730Z NO VA EXP

RMK: VA SEEN IN WEB CAM AND STLT IMAGERY MOVG SW
AND EXTDG ARND 10 NM FM SUMMIT. WIND ARE LGT AND
VAR SO CONFIDENCE IN FCST AT T+6 HRS IS LOW.
...KIBLER

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210205/0615Z

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