A volcano near Alaska’s most populous city may be preparing to erupt, according to experts who have been monitoring the ...
Mount Spurr, whose volcanic ash darkened Anchorage’s skies in 1953 and 1992, may be building toward another eruption.
Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected beneath Mount Spurr in the past week, increasing the odds of an eruption.
Mount Spurr is not the kind of lava-spewing volcano familiar from Hawaii, but instead has historically ejected huge plumes of ...
Matt Loewen/Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey The 1992 eruptions began in June of that year following about three weeks of volcanic tremor, Haney said. The 11,070-foot volcano ...
according to a Feb. 6 statement from the Alaska Volcano Observatory. The unrest suggests "that an eruption is possible," officials said. Since April, the number of earthquakes under the volcano ...
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) stated on February 7 that an eruption would "most likely" occur at the Crater Peak vent, not the Spurr summit. Newsweek reached out to AVO via email for comment.
Experts have also observed ground deformations, said David Fee, a coordinating scientist at the Alaska Volcano Observatory. “Basically, as we think magma and fluids rise within the earth ...