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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.
Last earthquakes nearby
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 Satellite image of Fuego volcano by (c) Google Earth View
Fuego volcano news & eruption updates:
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA ACT HAS DECR
Monday Jan 14, 2019 20:45 PM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Fuego volcano on 14 Jan 2019
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: FVXX23 at 20:32 UTC, 14/01/19 from KNES VA ADVISORY DTG: 20190114/2027Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: FUEGO 342090 PSN: N1428 W09052 AREA: GUATEMALA SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763 M] ADVISORY NR: 2019/044 INFO SOURCE: GOES-EAST. VOLCANO WEB CAMERA. CIMSS VOLCAT. ERUPTION DETAILS: VA ACT HAS DECR OBS VA DTG: 14/2000Z OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. FCST VA CLD +6HR: NO VA EXP FCST VA CLD +12HR: NO VA EXP FCST VA CLD +18HR: NO VA EXP RMK: VA NOT SEEN IN MULTI-SPECTRAL AND RGB STLT IMAGERY THRU 14/2000Z. FURTHER VA EMS MAY OCCUR BASED ON RECENT ACT. ...KIBLER NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES
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Monday, Jan 14, 2019
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: ...
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Monday, Jan 14, 2019
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 14000 ft (4300 m) altitude or flight level 140 . ...
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Sunday, Jan 13, 2019
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 16000 ft (4900 m) altitude or flight level 160 . ...
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Sunday, Jan 13, 2019
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: ...
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Saturday, Jan 12, 2019
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 16000 ft (4900 m) altitude or flight level 160 . ...
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