Santiaguito volcano rains ash over western Guatemala
On 20 April, INSIVUMEH reported explosions from Santa María’s Santiaguito, which produced ash plumes rising to altitudes of 2.8-3.4 km (9,200-11,200 feet), Global Volcanism Program said.
On Monday 26, April the volcano erupted violently sending a plume of ash 8.3 km (27,300 feet) a.s.l., news articles reported.
The volcano has calmed since Monday’s violent burst, however, it’s still erupting, according to disaster response agency spokesman David De Leon, AP said.
De Leon was quoted as saying that the eruption had damaged local flower harvests, though no injury was caused. A no-fly ban was imposed 20 kilometers from the volcano schools were closed in 10 communities as a precaution.
Formed during a catastrophic eruption in 1902, Santiaguito is a 1-km-wide crater on the 3,772-meter Santa Maria volcano, located about 200 kilometers northwest of Guatemala City.
It’s believed that about 2,500 people were perished as a result of the 1902 eruption.
Santiaguito volcano, seen from the summit of Santamaria. GNU License.
Photo by Jon Fink, Arizona State University, 1988 (courtesy of Bill Rose, Michigan Technological University), via GVP.
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