Popocatepetl volcano news & eruption update

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA DSIPTD AND STEAM AND GASES ONLY

Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 23:15

23:15 PM | BY: VN

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVXX21 at 23:00 UTC, 03/02/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210203/2256Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 341090
PSN: N1901 W09837

AREA: MEXICO

SUMMIT ELEV: 17802 FT [5426 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/144

INFO SOURCE: GOES-16. WEBCAM. NWP MODELS.

ERUPTION DETAILS: VA DSIPTD AND STEAM AND GASES ONLY

OBS VA DTG: 03/2246Z

OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FM STLT DATA.

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 04/0500Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 04/1100Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 04/1700Z NO VA EXP

RMK: VA HAS DSIPTD IN STLT IMAGERY. WEBCAM SHOWS
STEAM AND GASES. ANY NEW VA EMS WOULD MOV S-LY AT
FL190. ...KIBLER

NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES

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Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 11:51

Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico): rapidly decreasing of tremor

Vulcanic explosion from Popocatépetl volcano on 30 January (image: CENAPRED)

A significant change in activity has occurred since the last update (21 January 21) as we reported ongoing elevated tremor that started at the end of December 2020. ... read all

Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 09:00

Popocatépetl Volcano: sporadic emissions of volcanic ash

Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 03:00

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: LGT VA EM MOV S to 19000 ft (5800 m)

Satellite image of Popocatépetl volcano on 1 Feb 2021

Background:

Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America's 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 250-450 m deep crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano.
At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas south of the volcano. The modern volcano was constructed to the south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone. Three major plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 AD, have occurred from Popocatépetl since the mid Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since precolumbian time.

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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution - Popocatepetl information

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