In the last 24 hours, the Popocatepetl volcano recorded 26 exhalations, according to monitoring carried out by the National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred).
Thefederal authorities called on the population to ignore rumors and to be attentive to information issued by the National Civil Protection Coordination through its official channels and accounts: www.gob.mx/cenapred and @CNPC_MX en Twitter.
Cenapred also has the following telephone numbers for citizens to report emergencies associated with volcanic activity: 800-713-4147 and 911.
Popocatepetl is one of the most active volcanoes in Mexico and is located on the territorial boundaries of the states of Morelos, Puebla and the State of Mexico.
It is 72 kilometers southeast of Mexico City, 43 kilometers from Puebla, 63 kilometers from Cuernavaca and 53 kilometers from Tlaxcala. And it has an altitude of 5,500 meters above sea level.
“Don Goyo” — as they also call it — is still active and, according to scientists at the University of Manchester, it is the fifth volcano at risk of erupting in the coming years.
There are at least 46 active volcanoes in the country, but only six are considered high risk by Cenapred, so it monitors its activity to react in a timely manner in the event of an emergency or major eruption.
The high-risk volcanoes are: the Popocatepetl; the Fuego Volcano, in Colima; the Ceboruco, in Nayarit; the Pico de Orizaba, on the border of Veracruz and Puebla; the Chichón, in Chiapas and the Tacana, which is on the border with Guatemala.
In the event of a larger Popocatepetl explosion, it would not trigger a chain detonation because each volcano is independent, each has its own conduits, its own magma sources, which are not directly related, so that the activity of a volcano will not affect either up or down the activity of other volcanoes.
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