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Volcán de Fuego

Fuego

Stratovulcano · Guatemala · 3799 m

The upper SE flanks of Fuego (left) and Acatenango (right) are seen here, with their summits that lie only 3 km apart along a N-S line. The modern Fuego edifice was constructed within a scarp left by collapse of the ancestral Mesata, whose flank appears to the right of the summit towards the saddle between the two.
The upper SE flanks of Fuego (left) and Acatenango (right) are seen here, with their summits that lie only 3 km apart along a N-S line. The modern Fuego edifice was constructed within a scarp left by collapse of the ancestral Mesata, whose flank appears to the right of the summit towards the saddle between the two. · Foto: Photo by Lee Siebert, 1988 (Smithsonian Institution). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Stratovulcano
Paese
Guatemala
Regione
Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions / Central America Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
3799 m
Coordinate
14.475, -90.881
Ultima eruzione
2026
Contesto tettonico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Composite
Roccia principale
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Sintesi geologica

Volcán Fuego, one of Central America's most active volcanoes, is also one of three large stratovolcanoes overlooking Guatemala's former capital, Antigua. The scarp of an older edifice, Meseta, lies between Fuego and Acatenango to the north. Construction of Meseta dates back to about 230,000 years and continued until the late Pleistocene or early Holocene. Collapse of Meseta may have produced the massive Escuintla debris-avalanche deposit, which extends about 50 km onto the Pacific coastal plain. Growth of the modern Fuego volcano followed, continuing the southward migration of volcanism that began at the mostly andesitic Acatenango. Eruptions at Fuego have become more mafic with time, and most historical activity has produced basaltic rocks. Frequent vigorous eruptions have been recorded since the onset of the Spanish era in 1524, and have produced major ashfalls, along with occasional pyroclastic flows and lava flows.

Sintesi da Wikipedia

Il Volcán de Fuego o Chi'gag è uno stratovulcano attivo del Guatemala. Si trova ai confini dei dipartimenti di Chimaltenango, Escuintla e Sacatepéquez, a circa 16 Km a ovest di Antigua e a circa 30 km dalla capitale.

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Storia delle eruzioni

Riepilogo (VEI nel tempo)
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1580 BCE~1381 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?410~609 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?808~1007 · 2 eruzioni · VEI max. ?1405~1604 · 17 eruzioni · VEI max. 41604~1803 · 23 eruzioni · VEI max. 41803~2002 · 35 eruzioni · VEI max. 41580 BCE784 BCE21110071803

Cronologia dettagliata

  1. 2002VEI 3Osservata
    2002-01-04 – 2026-03-18
  2. 1999VEI 2Osservata
    1999-05-21 – 2000-12-09
  3. 1987VEI 1Osservata
    1987-01-05 – 1987-02-16
  4. 1977VEI 1Osservata
    1977-03-03 – 1977-04-19
  5. 1977VEI 2Osservata
    1977-09-11 – 1979-08-08
  6. 1975VEI 1Osservata
    1975-05-28 – 1975-10-21
  7. 1974VEI 4Osservata
    1974-10-10 – 1974-12-04
  8. 1973VEI 2Osservata
    1973-02-23 – 1973-03-23
  9. 1971VEI 3Osservata
    1971-09-14 – 1971-09-15
  10. 1967VEI 2Osservata
    1967-04-22 – 1967-04-24
  11. 1966VEI 3Osservata
    1966-02-07 – 1966-05-01
  12. 1966VEI 3Osservata
    1966-08-12 – 1966-08-13
  13. 1963VEI 3Osservata
    1963-09-28 – 1963-09-30
  14. 1962VEI 3Osservata
    1962-08-04 – 1962-11-09
  15. 1957VEI 3Osservata
    1957-02-19 – 1957-02-21
  16. 1955VEI 1Osservata
    1955-07-26 – In corso
  17. 1953VEI 3Osservata
    1953-04-09 – 1953-04-13
  18. 1949VEI 2Osservata
    1949-11 – In corso
  19. 1947VEI 2Osservata
    1947 – In corso
  20. 1944VEI 2Osservata
    1944-12-01 – In corso
  21. 1932VEI 4Osservata
    1932-01-21 – 1932-01-22
  22. 1896VEI 2Osservata
    1896-01-10 – In corso
  23. 1880VEI 4Osservata
    1880-06-28 – 1880-08-20
  24. 1867VEI 2Stima geologica
    1867 – In corso
  25. 1861VEI 2Stima geologica
    1861-11-21 – In corso
  26. 1860VEI 2Osservata
    1860-08-18 – 1860-09-23
  27. 1857VEI 4Osservata
    1857-01-15 – 1857-02-17
  28. 1857VEI 2Osservata
    1857-09-17 – In corso
  29. 1856VEI 2Osservata
    1856-01-09 – 1856-03-07
  30. 1856VEI 2Osservata
    1856-09-29 – 1856-09-30
  31. 1855VEI 2Osservata
    1855-09-29 – 1855-09-30
  32. 1852VEI 2Stima geologica
    1852 – In corso
  33. 1850VEI 2Stima geologica
    1850 – In corso
  34. 1829VEI 2Osservata
    1829 – In corso
  35. 1826VEI 2Osservata
    1826 – In corso
  36. 1799VEI 3Osservata
    1799 – In corso
  37. 1773VEI 2Stima geologica
    1773 – In corso
  38. 1765VEI 2Stima geologica
    1765 – In corso
  39. 1751VEI 2Stima geologica
    1751 – In corso
  40. 1737VEI 4Osservata
    1737-08-27 – 1737-09-24
  41. 1732VEI 2Osservata
    1732-05 – In corso
  42. 1730VEI 2Osservata
    1730-09 – In corso
  43. 1717VEI 4Osservata
    1717-08-27 – 1717-12-26
  44. 1710VEI 2Osservata
    1710-10-14 – In corso
  45. 1709VEI ?Stima geologica
    1709-10-14 – In corso
  46. 1706VEI 2Osservata
    1706-10-04 – In corso
  47. 1705VEI 2Osservata
    1705-01-31 – 1705-02-02
  48. 1702VEI 2Osservata
    1702-08-04 – In corso
  49. 1699VEI 2Osservata
    1699 – In corso
  50. 1689VEI 2Stima geologica
    1689 – In corso
  51. 1686VEI 2Osservata
    1686 – In corso
  52. 1685VEI 2Stima geologica
    1685-09 – In corso
    Volcano Uncertain: pumice off Guatemala coast
  53. 1679VEI ?Stima geologica
    1679 – In corso
  54. 1629VEI 2Osservata
    1629 – 1632
  55. 1623VEI 2Osservata
    1623-01 – In corso
  56. 1620VEI 2Osservata
    1620 – In corso
  57. 1617VEI 3Osservata
    1617 – In corso
  58. 1614VEI 2Osservata
    1614 – In corso
  59. 1587VEI 2Osservata
    1587-07-24 – In corso
  60. 1586VEI 2Osservata
    1586-06-03 – 1586-12
  61. 1585VEI 2Osservata
    1585-01-15 – 1585-07
  62. 1581VEI 4Osservata
    1581-12-05 – 1582-01-15
  63. 1577VEI 2Stima geologica
    1577 – In corso
  64. 1576VEI 2Stima geologica
    1576 – In corso
  65. 1575VEI 2Stima geologica
    1575 – In corso
  66. 1571VEI ?Stima geologica
    1571-12-25 – In corso
  67. 1565VEI 2Stima geologica
    1565 – In corso
  68. 1559VEI ?Stima geologica
    1559-01-16 – In corso
  69. 1557VEI ?Stima geologica
    1557-01-15 – In corso
  70. 1551VEI 2Osservata
    1551 – 1552-03-31
  71. 1542VEI ?Osservata
    1542-01-14 – In corso
  72. 1541VEI ?Stima geologica
    1541 – In corso
    Volcano uncertain: possibly Atitlan
  73. 1531VEI 2Osservata
    1531-12-31 – In corso
  74. 1526VEI 2Stima geologica
    1526 – In corso
  75. 1524VEI 2Osservata
    1524-04-30 – 1524-07-15
  76. 970 (±50 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    970 – In corso
  77. 900 (±75 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    900 – In corso
  78. 590 (±75 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    590 – In corso
  79. 1580 a.C. (±75 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    BCE 1580 – In corso

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