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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: VA EMS CONTINUES to 15000 ft (4600 m)

Wed, 3 Mar 2021, 17:15
17:15 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:

FVXX24 at 16:50 UTC, 03/03/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210303/1647Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO 342090
PSN: N1428 W09052

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/185

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMS CONTINUES

OBS VA DTG: 03/1630Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL150 N1430 W09113 - N1428 W09054
- N1427 W09053 - N1421 W09111 - N1430 W09113 MOV
W 15KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 03/2230Z SFC/FL150 N1428 W09054
- N1427 W09053 - N1421 W09107 - N1428 W09108 -
N1428 W09054

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 04/0430Z SFC/FL150 N1428
W09053 - N1426 W09053 - N1420 W09105 - N1426
W09107 - N1428 W09053

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 04/1030Z NO VA EXP

RMK: CONS DISCRETE VA EM RECENTLY SEEN ON STLT MOV
W FM SUMMIT. VA HEIGHT AND FRCST BASED ON IMAGERY
AND MODEL GUIDANCE. A GEN W-LY WIND DIR EXPCD
THRU FRCST PERIOD. ...KIM

NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES

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