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Fuego volcano (Guatemala): increasing lava flows

Wed, 20 Nov 2013, 06:42

06:42 AM | BY: T

Lava flows on Fuego on 19 Nov into Taniluya (left) and Ceniza (right) canyons

Lava flow on Fuego on 18 Nov

Two lava flows are active on the upper slopes of the volcano at the moment, to the Taniluya (south) and Ceniza canyon (SE). The effusive activity started on 11 Nov and increased on 18 November, reaching a length of 600 m. Constant avalanches detach from the flow fronts.
At the same time, explosive activity at the summit crater remained at low to moderate levels, with strombolian explosions that produce ash plumes of up to 800 m height and incandescent jets visible from distance. Some of the explosions generate shock waves that can be felt and heard in up to 15 km distance, causing roofs, doors and windows of houses to rattle.
Fine ash fall occurred in Panimaché, Morelia abd Sangre de Cristo.

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Wed, 13 Nov 2013, 16:10

Fuego volcano (Guatemala) activity update

A new lava flow towards the Taniluya canyon (S side) started on 11 Nov and reached a length of 500 m this morning. Explosive activity at the summit has remained stable with occasional weak to moderate explosions ejecting ash plumes to up to 700 m height and producing sometimes loud shock waves. ... Read all

Mon, 4 Nov 2013, 20:38

Fuego volcano (Guatemala): increase in explosions and new lava flow

Current seismic signal from Fuego volcano (FG3 station, INSIVUMEH)

The volcano observatory of INSIVUMEH reports an increase in activity today: A new lava flow started to descend on the southern flank towards the Trinidad canyon and currently has a length of 100 m. Another branch towards the Ceniza canyon is 50 m long. From both flow fronts, incandescent avalanches detach with run-out lengths of up to 500 m. ... Read all

Sun, 3 Nov 2013, 09:44

Fuego volcano (Guatemala) activity update

Weak to moderate strombolian activity at the summit craters continues with little changes. Ash plumes rose to up to 500 m above the crater and drifted about 10 km in westerly directions, where light ash falls occurred in San Pedro Yepocapa and the villages of Sangre de Cristo, Morelia, Panimaché. The stronger explosions produce often loud rumblings and incandescent avalanches on the upper slopes. ... Read all

Tue, 22 Oct 2013, 06:14

Fuego volcano (Guatemala) activity update

A trend of increasing explosive activity is visible over the past days. INSIVUMEH reports weak to moderate explosions with ash plumes rising up to 800 m above the crater and producing a plume drifting 10 km to the west and northwest. Read all

Fri, 18 Oct 2013, 05:50

Fuego volcano (Guatemala) activity update

Activity has decreased and shifted back to be mainly mildly explosive. INSIVUMEH reported a few explosions with ash plumes of about 300 m height yesterday. The lava effusion has decreased. The lava flow was still active yesterday morning, but only 150 m long. ... Read all

Tue, 15 Oct 2013, 14:38

Fuego volcano (Guatemala) activity update

Fuego volcano this morning (? - certainly not 28 Oct 2013)

After its brief surge in activity, the volcano has calmed down again a bit, but continues to produce strombolian explosions ejecting glowing lava to 50-75 m above the crater and feeding its lava flow on the southern flank. This morning, it had reached a length of 800 m, the volcano observatory reports. ... Read all

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