19/04/2012. From NASA satellites, the Popocatépetl volcano looks like a small mound with a freshly extinguished candle and nearby cities are barely a faint change of tone in the Earth's crust.
On Thursday, the space agency shared in its Visible Earth satellite imagery catalog two photographs taken on April 16, the day authorities raised the alert level.
One of the images shows a plume of smoke and ash more than 150 kilometers long. The fumarole covered the surrounding towns and provoked the mobilization of Civil Protection teams to attend to the inhabitants of San Pedro Benito Juárez, San Nicolás de los Ranchos and Xalitzintla, in Puebla, in the center of the country.
El Popo recorded 45 spasmodic minutes of seismic activity, related to the expulsion of incandescent material, the National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred) reported in its report on Friday.
A first round of 62 exhalations was recorded on Thursday from 6:42 p.m. to 00:48 a.m. on Friday, Cenapred reported in its 7:00 a.m. bulletin.
Although during the early morning the activity ceased, at 5:05 a.m. it restarted causing 12 moderate exhalations, with expulsion of incandescent fragments, water vapor, gases and ashes.
Likewise, Civil Protection authorities of the State of Mexico warned of the possible fall of ash in parts of the municipalities of Amecameca, Atlautla, Ecatzingo, Ozumba and Tepetlixpa, without it being necessary to change the prevention measures for the moment, reported the Notimex agency.
Despite both rounds of exhalations and volcanic tremors, the alert level remains in yellow phase three.
According to cenapred, the eruptive column is heading towards the state of Puebla and ash fall is possible in that area.
Source: mexico.cnn.com/naciona
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