January 21, 1932 Eruption of Fuego

Name: January 21, 1932 Eruption of Fuego
Start: 1932-01-21
Location: Fuego, Guatemala

January 21, 1932 · VEI 4 · Deaths: few

Fuego in Guatemala erupted on January 21, 1932 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4.

Where it erupted

Fuego, Guatemala, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: January 21, 1932
Volcano: Fuego, stratovolcano
Country: Guatemala
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 4, large (eruption column 10 to 25 km)
Location: 14.473° N, 90.880° W

The toll

Deaths: Few (about 1 to 50)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Tephra Volume: 2 ? x 108 m3, , Eruptive Characteristics: Central vent eruption, Explosive eruption, Pyroclastic flow(s), Fatalities. (reference #2432)

Other significant eruptions of Fuego

Every eruption in 1932 The 1900s Fuego Earthquakes near Fuego This day in weather history

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 3562.