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Why is popocatepetl still active?

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Popocatepetl erupted because of the build up of lava beneath the surface and it needed to find a way out so its just went up the main vent and started many eruptions. (April 16, 2012, over 30 eruptions in one day)

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Popocatepetl is famous for being the most active volcano in Mexico. Since 1519 when the Spanish arrived and records began it has had 15 major eruptions with the most recent one being on Mat 8th 2013.

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well if you think about it, it just erupted at December 28th 2008 that wasnt so long ago, not even a year or half a year.

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13y ago

The name Popocatepetl comes from the Nahuatl words popōca 'it smokes' and tepētl 'mountain', thus Smoking Mountain;

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Mt. Popocatepetl is important because the Aztecs made it.

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The gods got angry.

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1345 in the aztec times

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It is a still active volcano.

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Some 12,000 years. It is a still-active volcano.


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