A strong eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano is underway, throwing up to house sized bombs of lava a mile away and producing strong ash emissions. As a result, nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated. This video will discuss Fuego's ongoing paroxysm which is its largest in 7 years and discusses what might happen next. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Mathieu Dorning, mathieu.dorning (on Instagram), Used with Permission. Note: This thumbnail image actually displays an image of the erupting Santa Maria volcano (specifically its Santiaguito lava dome) as the author of this video was unable to license a recent photo in time for the publishing of this video. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Sources/Citations: [1] CONRED (Guatemala) [2] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by Youtube.com/GeologyHub on Oct 5th, 2022. [3] Ailsa K. Naismith, I. Matthew Watson, Rüdiger Escobar-Wolf, Gustavo Chigna, Helen Thomas, Diego Coppola, Carla Chun, Eruption frequency patterns through time for the current (1999–2018) activity cycle at Volcán de Fuego derived from remote sensing data: Evidence for an accelerating cycle of explosive paroxysms and potential implications of eruptive activity, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Volume 371, 2019, Pages 206-219, ISSN 0377-0273, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.01.001. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377027318303378) [4] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/controller.cfc?method=lameve, Used with Permission 0:00 Fuego Erupts 0:38 A Paroxysm Occurs 1:24 Size Comparison 2:48 2018 Eruption 3:30 Fuego Drainages/Ravines