Report on Fuego (Guatemala) — December 2020
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Managing Editor: Edward Venzke. Edited by A. Elizabeth Crafford.
Fuego (Guatemala)
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 2020. Report on Fuego (Guatemala) (Crafford, A.E., and Venzke, E., eds.).
Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 45:12. Smithsonian Institution.
Fuego
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego has been erupting vigorously since 2002 with reported eruptions dating back to 1531. These eruptions have resulted in major ashfalls, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, and damaging lahars, including a series of explosions and pyroclastic flows in early June 2018 that caused several hundred fatalities. Eruptive activity consisting of explosions with ash emissions, block avalanches, and lava flows began again after a short break and has continued; activity during August-November 2020 is covered in this report. Daily reports are provided by the Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrologia (INSIVUMEH); aviation alerts of ash plumes are issued by the Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC). Satellite data provide valuable information about heat flow and emissions.