{"id":353394,"date":"2026-01-07T16:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=353394"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:28:17","slug":"popocatepetl-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/popocatepetl-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Popocat\u00e9petl Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Over five years, UNAM scientists used 22 seismographs and AI to analyse seismic data and produce the first 3D image of Popocat\u00e9petl\u2019s interior, extending 18 km below the crater.<\/p>\n<h2>About Popocat\u00e9petl Volcano<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th.bing.com\/th\/id\/R.8cba6d6eb11f8e638137caa9a935085d?rik=Q0iU%2bKCU8ohKWQ&amp;riu=http%3a%2f%2fvirtualuppermantle.info%2fnews%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2018%2f01%2fPopocatepetl-Mexico-Volcanoes-Map.jpg&amp;ehk=%2f%2fjSA5Ec6fyxm1poGSQ3UcwwsBOjoi3aQikm%2feNOgL4%3d&amp;risl=&amp;pid=ImgRaw&amp;r=0\" alt=\"Popocat\u00e9petl Volcano\" width=\"495\" height=\"255\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: virtualuppermantle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Popocat\u00e9petl volcano is located on the<strong> border of the states of M\u00e9xico and Puebla, central Mexico.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> It is a <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">steep-sided<\/span><\/b><strong>\u00a0active stratovolcano <\/strong>located in the<strong> central part of the Mexican volcanic belt,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Formation:<\/strong> It is formed by <strong>subduction<\/strong> of the<strong> Cocos and Rivera plates beneath the North American plate.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Popocat\u00e9petl <strong>took its present form<\/strong> over <strong>20,000 years ago<\/strong> within the remnants of older volcanoes and has remained active since <strong>1994<\/strong>, releasing smoke, gas, and ash almost daily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eruptions:<\/strong> Its <strong>eruptions occur when a lava dome<\/strong> forms over the main vent and later collapses, the most recent such eruption taking place in <strong>2023<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>That&#8217;s why it is <strong>also known<\/strong> as the<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cSmoking Mountain\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It is r<strong>egarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes within the Pacific Ring of Fire<\/strong>, posing significant risks due to its high level of activity and proximity to densely populated areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Over five years, UNAM scientists used 22 seismographs and AI to analyse seismic data and produce the first 3D image of Popocat\u00e9petl\u2019s interior, extending 18 km below the crater. About Popocat\u00e9petl Volcano Location: Popocat\u00e9petl volcano is located on the border of the states of M\u00e9xico and Puebla, central Mexico.\u00a0 Type: It is a steep-sided\u00a0active&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/popocatepetl-volcano\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Popocat\u00e9petl Volcano<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-353394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}