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Santa Maria / Santiaguito volcano (Guatemala) activity update: few explosions, small pyroclastic flows

Mon, 17 Sep 2012, 10:05 | BY: T
In the Cone crater sustained Hot white plume 400 meters high. There have been few explosions with gray ash columns to 700 meters above the crater, moving west, northwest, over the region of the village of El Rosario and San Marcos, Palajunoj. It is observed that the lava flows are active with avalanches and small pyroclastic flows blocks in front of them. (INSIVUMEH)

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012, 10:05

Santa Maria / Santiaguito volcano (Guatemala) activity update

Few explosions ejecting ash columns 500 feet high, spreading west, northwest, over the region of the village of El Rosario and San Marcos, Palajunoj. Constant activity in the 4 active lava flows, generating avalanches of blocks deposited within the river banks Nima Nima I and II. (INSIVUMEH) ... Read all
Sat, 15 Sep 2012, 10:05

Santa Maria / Santiaguito volcano (Guatemala) activity update: weak to moderate explosions

Santiaguito 09/13/2012 (INSIVUMEH)
INSIVUMEH reports weak to moderate explosions expelling gray ash columns 700 feet high moving southwest. Some moderate explosions are accompanied by rumbling sounds. There are constant incandescent avalanches from the active lava flows. ... Read all
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Santa Maria volcano satellite image (c) Google Earth View
Santa Maria volcano satellite image (c) Google Earth View
Santiaguito volcano
Stratovolcano 3772 m (12,375 ft)
Guatemala, 14.76°N / -91.55°W
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Santiaguito volcano eruptions:
1902 (catastrophic Plinian eruption of Santa Maria), 1903, 1922-ongoing (Santiaguito dome complex)
Typical eruption style
Dominantly explosive, formation of lava domes
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