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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: OCNL VA EMS. to 15000 ft (4600 m)

Fri, 5 Feb 2021, 15:30
15:30 PM | 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 15:19 UTC, 05/02/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210205/1516Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO 342090
PSN: N1428 W09052

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/101

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: OCNL VA EMS.

OBS VA DTG: 05/1430Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL150 N1434 W09044 - N1431 W09043
- N1428 W09053 - N1428 W09053 - N1434 W09044 MOV
E 5KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 05/2030Z SFC/FL150 N1437 W09046
- N1435 W09043 - N1428 W09053 - N1428 W09053 -
N1437 W09046

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 06/0230Z SFC/FL150 N1438
W09048 - N1437 W09046 - N1428 W09053 - N1428
W09053 - N1438 W09048

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 06/0830Z NO VA EXP

RMK: NUMEROUS SML VA EMS OBSD IN WEBCAM BTWN
1306Z AND 1324Z WITH FURTHER EMS AFTER THAT. VA
OBSD BY STLT TO 10 NMI ENE OF SUMMIT BFR DISPG.
NWP MDLS FCST VA TO MOV NE BY T+6 AND NNE BY
T+12. ...HOSLEY

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210205/2115Z

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