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Fuego, one of Central America's most active volcanoes, is one of three large stratovolcanoes overlooking Guatemala's former capital, Antigua. It typically has strombolian activity and sometimes phases of intense lava fountaining, producing tall ash plumes and dangerous pyroclastic flows.
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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Fuego volcano news & eruption updates:
Fuego volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ONGOING EMS
Thursday Sep 28, 2017 22:30 PM |
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: FVXX23 at 22:22 UTC, 28/09/17 from KNES VA ADVISORY DTG: 20170928/2220Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: FUEGO 342090 PSN: N1428 W09052 AREA: GUATEMALA SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763 M] ADVISORY NR: 2017/211 INFO SOURCE: GOES-EAST. NON-OPERATIONAL GOES-16. NWP MODELS. INSIVUMEH. ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING EMS OBS VA DTG: 28/2207Z OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL150 N1426 W09055 - N1426 W09046 - N1410 W09049 - N1405 W09058 - N1426 W09055 MOV S 5-10KT FCST VA CLD +6HR: 29/0400Z SFC/FL150 N1428 W09045 - N1409 W09049 - N1407 W09056 - N1427 W09055 - N1428 W09045 FCST VA CLD +12HR: 29/1000Z SFC/FL150 NO ASH EXP FCST VA CLD +18HR: 29/1600Z NO ASH EXP RMK: IMAGERY CURRENTLY SHOWS A FAINT FLUME EXTENDING ABOUT 10 NMI S OF THE SUMMIT. INSIVUMEH REPORTS VA TO FL150. ...SCHWARTZ NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20170929/0415Z
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