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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
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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: VA ACT HAS DECR

Monday Jan 14, 2019 20:45 PM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Fuego volcano on 14 Jan 2019
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

Previous news
Monday, Jan 14, 2019
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONS VA EMS MOVG W.
Monday, Jan 14, 2019
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA SEEN IN STLT IMAGERY AT 14/0245Z to 14000 ft (4300 m)
Sunday, Jan 13, 2019
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EM to 16000 ft (4900 m)
Sunday, Jan 13, 2019
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA DETECTED IN STLT
Saturday, Jan 12, 2019
Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EM to 16000 ft (4900 m)
 

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