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Fuego volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EMS.

Thu, 1 Feb 2018, 04:30 |
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVXX22 at 04:29 UTC, 01/02/18 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20180201/0426Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO
342090
PSN: N1428 W09052

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763
M]

ADVISORY NR: 2018/080

INFO SOURCE: GOES-EAST. ABBA. VOLCANO WEB
CAMERA.
INSIVUMEH.

ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW VA EMS.

OBS VA DTG:
01/0345Z

OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE
DATA WINDS
SFC/FL160 225/5-10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 01/1000Z

FCST VA CLD +12HR:
01/1600Z

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 01/2200Z

RMK: BRIGHT HOTSPOT SEEN IN IR
IMAGERY.
ADDITIONALLY WEBCAM IMAGERY SHOWS PROMINENT
INCANDESCENCE AT
SUMMIT. INSIVUMEH REPORTS VA EMS
WITH RECENT LATEST PUFFS ALTHOUGH ASH
CANNOT BE
SEEN IN STLT IMAGERY. ...LEE

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY
20180201/1030Z

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Wed, 31 Jan 2018, 06:00

Fuego volcano (Guatemala) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 31 January-6 February 2018 (New Activity / Unrest)

INSIVUMEH reported that the first Strombolian eruption at Fuego in 2018 began on 31 January, after a thermal anomaly was detected in satellite images the day before. Explosions produced ash plumes that rose 1.5 km above the crater and drifted 20 km SW. Lava fountains rose 300-500 m, and fed lava flows that traveled 800 m W in the Seca (Santa Teresa) drainage and 600 m in Las Lajas (SE) and Honda (E) drainages. ... Read all
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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) 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
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.
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Satellite image of Fuego volcano by (c) Google Earth View
Satellite image of Fuego volcano by (c) Google Earth View
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