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Pacaya volcano satellite image by (c) Google Earth View
Pacaya volcano satellite image by (c) Google Earth View
Pacaya volcano
Complex volcano 2552 m (8,373 ft)
Guatemala, 14.38°N / -90.6°W
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5)
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Pacaya volcano eruptions:
1360, 1565, 1623(?), 1651, 1655, 1664, 1668, 1671, 1674, 1677(?), 1678, 1690, 1693, 1699, 1717(?), 1760(?), 1775, 1805, 1830(?), 1846, 1885, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 - May 1998 (intense period of summit activity), 1999-2003, 2004-2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Typical eruption style:
Mildly explosive and effusive (Strombolian activity, lava fountaining, lava flows from the summit crater). Near continuously active the least during the past centuries.

Pacaya volcano tours:
Volcanoes in the land of the Maya (15-days study trip and expedition to Guatemala's volcanoes)
Guatemala Volcano Special (8-day volcano tour to Pacaya and Fuego, Guatemala)

Volcano news: Pacaya (Guatemala)

Pacaya Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: OCNL EM to 10000 ft (3000 m)

Sun, 14 Feb 2021, 07:15
07:15 AM | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 10000 ft (3000 m) altitude or flight level 100 .
The full report is as follows:

FVXX22 at 07:07 UTC, 14/02/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210214/0706Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: PACAYA 342110
PSN: N1422 W09035

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 8373 FT [2552 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/019

INFO SOURCE: GOES-16. NWP MODELS.

ERUPTION DETAILS: OCNL EM

OBS VA DTG: 14/0650Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL100 N1425 W09028 - N1421 W09028
- N1421 W09038 - N1425 W09037 - N1425 W09028 MOV
E 10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 14/1300Z SFC/FL100 N1430 W09019
- N1423 W09018 - N1420 W09037 - N1423 W09038 -
N1430 W09019

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 14/1900Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 15/0100Z NO VA EXP

RMK: VA EXT 8 NM E OF THE SUMMIT. LTLCG EXP THRU
T+6 BASED ON NWP MODELS. ...TURK

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210214/1300Z

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