file| Eruption of Fuego volcano in Guatemala in May 2023. (Instagram/@fstrunk/via Portal)
Part of the natural threats it faces Guatemala is at volcanic activity of the colossi of Fuego, Pacaya and Santiaguito, which is constantly monitored by the National Coordinating System for Disaster Reduction (Conred).
According to the latest report from the National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (INSIVUMEH) this Monday, August 28th.
the observatory of fire volcano OVFGO reports an outgassing over the crater spreading to the east. There were 5 to 8 explosions per hour with weak and moderate characteristics explosions to generate ash columns with elevations of 4,200 to 4,400 meters above sea level (13,780 to 14,436 ft) spreading in an easterly and northeasterly direction, allowing weak ashfall to persist over the area of Alotenango, San Miguel Dueñas, Ciudad Vieja and Antigua Guatemala. You also register Avalanches around the crater and towards the Ceniza, Jute, Las Lajas and Honda Gorges.
A man sits to watch the lava during an eruption of Pacaya volcano in San Vicente de Sales, Guatemala, May 8, 2021. (Portal/Luis Echeverria TPX)
This is reported by the Pacaya Volcano Observatory degasing 150 m above the crater. INSIVUMEH’s seismic stations record short, low-frequency events Movement of Magma and Gases within the volcanic edifice as well as due to prolonged or strong degassing periods in the crater.
The Volcano Observatory Santiaguito OVSAN reports a steady outgassing at an altitude of 500 meters above the crater spreading to the east and south-east. You have registered weak and moderate explosions, Gas and ash columns are ejected up to a height of 900 meters above the crater, spreading in an easterly and south-easterly direction. Night and early morning glows were observed in the hot dome crater and lava flow in a west-southwest direction.
Are registered weak and moderate avalanches in the lava flow and on the south, south-east and east flanks. The volcano maintains high activity because the lava in the dome of the hot dome is erupting in blocks in a west-southwest direction and the nature of the material in the crater is unstable. Moderate to strong pyroclastic flows are therefore likely. Avoid staying near or within the river beds on the slopes of the volcano.
Because of its location in Pacific Ring of FireVolcanoes cover much of the country’s geography, making it one of the areas with the highest density of these rock formations.
Although at least 324 structures of volcanic origin have been identified in Guatemala, the National Geographic Institute (IGN) only validates 32 volcanoes, while the National Mountaineering Federation states there are 37. The remaining 287 are named by INSIVUMEH as “Eruption hotspots”.
But notwithstanding the differences, today there are three active volcanoes monitored by the Guatemalan authorities: Fuego, Pacaya, and Santiaguito volcanoes.
FILE – A view of Fuego volcano from Puente Las Lajas, Guatemala, on December 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy, file)
Located between the departments of Sacatepéquez, Escuintla and Chimaltenango, Fuego is the stratovolcano most active of Central America and one of the most important in the world.
At more than 3,763 meters above sea level, this volcano has set various records violent outburstsHow 1932, when it covered the city of Antigua Guatemala and some parts of Honduras and El Salvador with ash; that of 1974, when its pyroclastic flows destroyed some of the surrounding vegetation and partially buried the communities of San Pedro Yepocapa and Acatenango.
He June 3, 2018 It experienced its largest eruption so far in the new millennium, with columns of ash reaching heights of 10,000 meters above sea level. This activity 300 people died200 dead and 600 injured; and two million affected citizens.
The last strong activity was reported on December 12, 2022 when the volcano erupted ash columns 500 meters high and creates a lava flow 800 meters high, with ash falling to settlements 45 kilometers away.
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