He Popocatepetl Volcano maintains activity Today Friday September 20tha more than a year since he Scientific Advisory Committee the alert level returned to Yellow Phase 2.
According to the National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred), since September 2022 the volcano has maintained activity that endangers the population, so established a 12 km security perimeter all around.
It was on May 21, 2023 that the Volcanic alert traffic light in Yellow Phase 3. The National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC) He maintained it until June 6 of the same year, when it was lowered to phase 2.
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Popocatépetl Volcano wakes up with stable activity
On the morning of Friday, September 20, Popocatepetl Volcano It dawned with constant and stable activity, with the presence of water vapor and volcanic gases.
At dawn, around 5:46 a.m., the volcano was still emitting a gush of several meters in height; it was also possible to see that the crater still had snow.
During the night of September 19 and early morning of September 20, the Popocatépetl Volcano was active, with exhalations and incandescent material.
Popocatépetl Volcano: 46 eruptions and 267 minutes of tremor
According to the daily monitoring carried out by Cenapred, Popocatepetl Volcanoduring the period of September 19, cut off at 11:00 a.m., were detected 46 exhalations of low intensity, accompanied by water vapor, other volcanic gases and occasionally light amounts of ash.
Additionally, they were identified 267 minutes of tremor of very low amplitude, of which 97 were of high frequency and 170 of the harmonic type.
At the time of this report, there was no visibility towards the volcano, however, during the early hours of the morning, the volcano’s crater was observed with continuous emission of water vapor and volcanic gases dispersing towards the southwest.
2024-09-20 12:56:26