Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Fuego
in Guatemala

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Fuego Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000011
Name: Fuego (342090)
Lat/Lon: 14.47 , -90.88
Event Date: 15 Feb 2021 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 1230000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 8730000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 4
Population Exposure Index PEI: 5
Inserted at: 15 Feb 2021 06:15 UTC

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Latest media headlines

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Spettacolare eruzione in Guatemala : nella gallery le immagini dalla località di Alot e nango, in cui è ritratta l’eruzione del Volcán de Fuego , stratovulcano localizzato ai confini dei dipartimenti di Chimaltenango, Escuintla e Sacatepéqu
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GUATEMALA 20 min Erutta il Volcán de Fuego, autorità in allerta Hanno .. 2/15/2021 10:57:00 AM.

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podría ser causado por el aumento de magma 1/28/2021 9:53:00 PM.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (31), INGV (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1), JSR (1),