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 Sism
Locals have now been warned to stay away from the volcano.
NASA said on its Earth Observatory website: On January 2, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of a plume rising from Popocatépetl (nicknamed Popo). On January 6, the Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) reported a volcanic ash plume that rose to around 6,400 meters (21,000 feet) above the volcano.
NASA satellite images show outburst of steam from huge volcano in Mexico (Image: NASA)
El Popo (Image: GETTY) Mexico’s National Center for Prevention of Disasters (CENAPRED), which continuously monitors Popo, warned people not to approach the volcano or its crater due to falling ash and rock fragments.
Posted by Deborah Byrd in Earth | Today s Image |
January 8, 2021
Popocatépetl volcano near Mexico City has been erupting since January 2005. On January 6, Mexico’s National Center for Prevention of Disasters, which continuously monitors the volcano, warned people not to approach due to an outburst that caused falling ash and rock fragments.
View larger. | Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico on January 2, 2021. NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
NASA Earth Observatory just published this image, acquired via Landsat 8 on January 2, 2021. It’s a plume rising from Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico, whose nickname is