Acatenango Volcano
Updated: 18 apr. 2024 20:00 GMT -
Stratovolcano 3976 m / 13,044 ft
Guatemala, 14.5°N / -90.88°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.5°N / -90.88°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Eruzioni del vulcano Acatenango: 1972
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Data / ora | Mag. / Prof. | Distanza / Ubicazione | |||
| 15 apr 19:30 (Guatemala) | 2.7 22 km | 19 km a sud |  6 Km al noroeste de Escuintla, Guatemala | Info | |
| domenica, 7 aprile 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 7 apr 15:00 (Guatemala) | 3.4 8 km | 16 km a ovest | 25 Km al suroeste de Chimaltenango, Guatemala | Info | |
Background
Acatenango, along with its twin volcano to the south, Volcán Fuego, overlooks the historic former capital city of Antigua, Guatemala. Acatenango, which has two principal summits, was constructed during three eruptive periods post-dating the roughly 85,000-year-old Los Chocoyos tephra from Atitlán caldera. An ancestral Acatenango volcano collapsed to the south sometime prior to 43,000 years ago, forming La Democracia debris-avalanche deposit, which covers a wide area of the Pacific coastal plain. Construction of Yepocapa, the northern summit of Acatenango, was completed about 20,000 years ago, after which growth of the southern and highest cone, Pico Central (also known as Pico Mayor), began. The first well-documented eruptions of Acatenango took place from 1924 to 1927, although earlier historical eruptions may have occurred. Francisco Vasquez, writing in 1690, noted that in 1661 a volcano that lay aside of Fuego "opened a smoking mouth and still gives off smoke from another three, but without noise."---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Acatenango Volcano Photos
Le escursioni vulcano Acatenango (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Alberi nella nebbia su Acatenango (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Fuego da Acatenango in Guatemala il 28 marzo 2015. Tra l'1 e le 2 di notte si verificavano eruzioni ogni 5 minuti. IMG_8320aaa (Photo: leos.kohout)
Foresta e nebbia su Acatenango (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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