Watch: Pacaya volcano continues to erupt in Guatemala

[Judi Lynn]

Intense explosions have been recorded.
Scroll Staff
Yesterday · 03:55 pm

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The Pacaya Volcano is an active volcano located in the municipality of Amatitlán in the department of Guatemala and the municipality of San Vicente Pacaya in the department of Escuintla , Guatemala .

It is unknown how many thousands of years it first erupted, but at least 23 eruptions have been recorded since the time of Spanish colonization of America in Guatemala. 1 After being asleep for a century, it erupted violently in 1965 and has been in constant eruptive activity ever since. Much of its activity is of the Strombolian and occasionally Plinian type . 1 On July 20, 1963 it was declared a national park and is a place of foreign and national tourist attraction. It is located 47.5 km south of Guatemala City , it can be visited from the city of Antigua Guatemalaor Guatemala City itself. It is one of the most recommended volcanoes for its easy ascent and beautiful view.

Geological history
The Pacaya volcano is part of the Central American Volcanic Arc , a chain of volcanoes located along the Pacific coast of Central America, which was formed by the subduction of the Cocos plate under the Caribbean plate . It lies on the shore of a considerable caldera formed in the Pleistocene era that contains Lake Amatitlán . The caldera was formed as a result of at least 90 large explosions over 300,000 years, generating a total of 70 km³ of magma . 1 2

After the last eruption that formed the caldera, 23,000 years ago, many small craters with eruptive activity formed in and around the caldera, including Pacaya. Pacaya is the largest volcano of the Amatitlán postcaldera era, and has been one of the most active volcanoes in Central America for the last 500 years. There have been at least 23 eruptions since the Spanish colonization of America . 1

More:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_de_Pacaya

If you have a moment, there are many other images of this volcano, which are fascinating:

https://tinyurl.com/klomnepp