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Fuego volcano (Guatemala): rainfalls reactivated lahars

Sun, 8 May 2022, 01:40
01:40 AM | BY: MARTIN
Lahars detected by the seismic station (image: INSIVUMEH)
Lahars detected by the seismic station (image: INSIVUMEH)
Lahars are now in progress in the volcano area.
Current heavy rainfalls continue to remobilise the fresh ash deposits to generate moderate-to-strong mudflows down along the Barranca Ceniza chute and Achíguate river. The lahars are expected to continue in the late afternoon and night.
Lahars consist of fraction of clay-sized particles and such flow can pick up the material along the way.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología volcano activity update 7 May 2022

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Sat, 7 May 2022, 23:00

Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS OBS to 16000 ft (4900 m)

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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.

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