Get our newsletter!     Volcano Discoveries: "One of the most eye-catching guides to the world’s volcanoes ever published.  VolcanoAdventures: Our professional team of volcanologists and photographers offers unique travel opportunities: volcano expeditions, photo tours, and relaxed walking & study tours.  The Volcano Adventure Guide: Excellent information and background for anyone wishing to visit active volcanoes safely and enjoyably. The book presents guidelines to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world. Guaranteed tours: : spaces available / : guaranteed / : few spaces left / : booked out Random pictures | |  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) Fuego webcams / live data | ReportsFuego volcano videosFuego volcano books | ToursFuego 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 nearbyFuego volcano toursVolcanoes in the land of the Maya (15-days study trip and expedition to Guatemala's volcanoes) Latest satellite images  Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 Satellite image of Fuego volcano by (c) Google Earth View Fuego volcano news & eruption updates:Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONS VA EMS. to 17000 ft (5200 m)Tuesday Feb 05, 2019 22:30 PM | BY: VN  Satellite image of Fuego volcano on 5 Feb 2019
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 17000 ft (5200 m) altitude or flight level 170 . The full report is as follows: FVXX21 at 22:20 UTC, 05/02/19 from KNES VA ADVISORY DTG: 20190205/2217Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: FUEGO 342090 PSN: N1428 W09052 AREA: GUATEMALA SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763 M] ADVISORY NR: 2019/109 INFO SOURCE: GOES-EAST. NWP MODELS. ASH3D. CIMSS VOLCAT. ERUPTION DETAILS: CONS VA EMS. OBS VA DTG: 05/2145Z OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL170 N1428 W09053 - N1428 W09053 - N1417 W09109 - N1427 W09111 - N1428 W09053 MOV SW 5-10KT FCST VA CLD +6HR: 06/0400Z SFC/FL170 N1429 W09113 - N1428 W09053 - N1428 W09053 - N1418 W09113 - N1429 W09113 FCST VA CLD +12HR: 06/1000Z SFC/FL170 N1428 W09052 - N1428 W09053 - N1417 W09113 - N1427 W09113 - N1428 W09052 FCST VA CLD +18HR: 06/1600Z SFC/FL170 N1430 W09113 - N1428 W09052 - N1428 W09052 - N1417 W09113 - N1430 W09113 RMK: CONS VA EMS SEEN IN STLT IMAGERY MOV SW FM SUMMIT. MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS A CONT SW-LY MOV THRU T+18 HRS. ...KIBLER NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20190206/0415Z Previous newsTuesday, Feb 05, 2019 Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 17000 ft (5200 m) altitude or flight level 170 . ...
[more]Monday, Feb 04, 2019 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: ...
[more]Monday, Feb 04, 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 . ...
[more]Monday, Feb 04, 2019 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: ...
[more]Sunday, Feb 03, 2019 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: ...
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