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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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Satellite image of Fuego volcano by (c) Google Earth View
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Fuego volcano news & eruption update

Fuego volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ONGOING VA EMS

Monday Jan 08, 2018 20:00 PM |

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVXX20 at 19:54 UTC, 08/01/18 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20180108/1951Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO
342090
PSN: N1428 W09052

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763
M]

ADVISORY NR: 2018/022

INFO SOURCE: GOES-EAST. NWP MODELS. CIMSS
VOLCAT

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING VA EMS

OBS VA DTG: 08/1930Z

OBS VA CLD:
SFC/FL170 N1429 W09053 - N1428 W09052
- N1416 W09058 - N1423 W09105 -
N1429 W09053 MOV
SW 5-10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 09/0130Z SFC/FL170 N1430
W09053
- N1428 W09052 - N1414 W09108 - N1425 W09113 -
N1430 W09053

FCST
VA CLD +12HR: 09/0730Z SFC/FL170 N1431
W09114 - N1430 W09052 - N1428
W09052 - N1419
W09113 - N1431 W09114

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 09/1330Z
SFC/FL170 N1431
W09114 - N1429 W09052 - N1427 W09052 - N1418
W09115 -
N1431 W09114

RMK: VA SEEN IN STLT IMAGERY MOV SW-SSW AND EXTD
ROUGHLY
11 NMI FR SUMMIT. NWP MODEL GUIDANCE
INDICATES A MORE SW-W-LY MOV
THROUGH T+18 HRS.
...KIBLER

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY
20180109/0145Z

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