Stratovolcano 5426 m / 17,802 ftCentral Mexico, 19.02°N / -98.62°W(4 out of 5)1345-47, 1354, 1363(?), 1488, 1504, 1509(?), 1512, 1518, 1519-23(?), 1528, 1530, 1539-40, 1542, 1548, 1571, 1580, 1590, 1592-94, 1642, 1663-65, 1666-67, 1697, 1720, 1802-04, 1827(?), 1834(?), 1852(?), 1919-22, 1923-24, 1925-27(?), 1933, 1942-43, 1947, 1994-95, 1996-2003, 2004-ongoingDominantly explosive, construction of lava domes. Plinian eruptions at intervals of several centuries or few thousands of years, vulcanian and strombolian activity in intermittent phases.(tour to see the ongoing eruption of Mexico's most active volcano)

Popocatepetl is one of Mexico's most active volcanoes. After almost 50 years of dormancy, "Popo" came back to life in 1994 and has since then been producing powerful explosions at irregular intervals. In the past centuries befor European invasions, large eruptions produced giant mud flows that have buried Atzteque settlements, even entire pyramids.

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Popocatépetl volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EMS

Monday Jan 23, 2017 20:15 PM |

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Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report:FVXX21 at 20:12 UTC, 23/01/17 from KNESVA ADVISORYDTG: 20170123/2010ZVAAC: WASHINGTONVOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL341090PSN: N1901 W09837AREA: MEXICOSUMMIT ELEV: 17802 FT [5426M]ADVISORY NR: 2017/001INFO SOURCE: GOES-EAST. GFS WINDS. VOLCANOWEBCAMERA.ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW VA EMSOBS VA DTG: 23/1945ZOBS VACLD: SFC/FL250 N1907 W09832 - N1901 W09837- N1856 W09843 - N1907W09844 - N1907 W09832 MOVNW 5KTFCST VA CLD +6HR: 24/0200Z SFC/FL250NO ASH EXPFCST VA CLD +12HR: 24/0800Z NO ASH EXPFCST VA CLD +18HR:24/1400Z NO ASH EXPRMK: T+0 CONFIDENCE HIGH. VIS STLT AND WEBCAMIMAGERY SHOW NEW VA EMS WITH MOSTLY GAS AND VAPORAND SOME ASH OVERTHE PAST HOUR. WNDS AREGENERALLY LIGHT THROUGH PLUME LEVEL SO ASHMAYMOVE SW THRU NE ...LEENXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY20170124/0215Z

Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America's 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 250-450 m deep crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano.

At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas south of the volcano. The modern volcano was constructed to the south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone. Three major plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 AD, have occurred from Popocatépetl since the mid Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since precolumbian time.

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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution - Popocatepetl information

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