May 21, 1999 Eruption of Fuego

Name: May 21, 1999 Eruption of Fuego
Start: 1999-05-21
Location: Fuego, Guatemala

May 21, 1999 · VEI 2

Fuego in Guatemala erupted on May 21, 1999 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.

Where it erupted

Fuego, Guatemala, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: May 21, 1999
Volcano: Fuego, stratovolcano
Country: Guatemala
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Location: 14.473° N, 90.880° W

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Eruptive Characteristics:

Central vent eruption,

Explosive eruption,

Pyroclastic flow(s),

Lava flow(s),

Damage (land, property, etc.),

Mudflow(s) (lahars). (reference #2432)

Other significant eruptions of Fuego

Every eruption in 1999 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 3578.