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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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Fuego volcano news & eruption updates:

Fuego volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONS EM

Tue, 31 Oct 2017, 13:30
13:30 PM |
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVXX20 at 13:25 UTC, 31/10/17 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20171031/1323Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO
342090
PSN: N1428 W09052

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763
M]

ADVISORY NR: 2017/228

INFO SOURCE: GOES-EAST. NON-OPERATIONAL
GOES-16.
NWP MODELS.

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONS EM

OBS VA DTG: 31/1300Z

OBS
VA CLD: SFC/FL140 N1430 W09052 - N1428 W09052
- N1422 W09117 - N1428
W09118 - N1430 W09052 MOV
W 5-10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 31/1900Z
SFC/FL140 N1431 W09119
- N1431 W09052 - N1426 W09052 - N1425 W09120
-
N1431 W09119

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 01/0100Z SFC/FL140 N1430
W09053 -
N1426 W09051 - N1421 W09119 - N1429
W09120 - N1430 W09053

FCST VA CLD
+18HR: 01/0700Z SFC/FL140 N1435
W09120 - N1431 W09052 - N1426 W09052 -
N1428
W09120 - N1435 W09120

RMK: PSBL PLUME OF VA EXT 25 NM WSW OF
THE
SUMMIT. LTLCG FCST TO FUTURE EM. ...TURK

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE
ISSUED BY 20171031/1930Z

Previous news
Tue, 17 Oct 2017, 15:00
Fuego volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONTINUOUS EMS OF GASES AND VA
Mon, 16 Oct 2017, 23:45
Fuego volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: PUFFS OF VA MOVING W
Satellite image of Fuego volcano on 16 Oct 2017
Sun, 15 Oct 2017, 14:15
Fuego volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: OCNL PUFFS OF VA
Wed, 4 Oct 2017, 23:00
Fuego volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ONGOING EMS
Satellite image of Fuego volcano on 4 Oct 2017
Wed, 4 Oct 2017, 09:30
Fuego volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: POSS EM AT ABT 04/0830Z

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