Seventy kilometres from Mexico City, El Popo has been in near-continuous dome growth and ash emission since 1994. Tens of millions of people live inside its potential ashfall footprint, which makes even modest explosions a civil-protection event.
Erupted since 2000
Stratovolcano · Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
0 events in 90 days
Seismicity within 50 km radius, active VAAC ash plumes, and tectonic plate boundaries.
No catalogued earthquakes within 50 km in the last 90 days.
Popocatepetl is an active Stratovolcano formed in an active Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km). Dominant lithology: Andesite / Basaltic Andesite.
Official catalogue parameters, coordinates, elevation and geotectonic classification.
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Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Smithsonian GVP profile