Four Aleutian volcanoes have been under elevated alert levels for about a year. Now they’ve been joined by a fifth.
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Alaska Volcano Observatory reclassifies Mt. Edgecumbe as ‘historically active’
A lot of people in Sitka have become used to describing Mt. Edgecumbe as “dormant,” but that term really isn’t used by geologists.
No, Mt. Edgecumbe is not about to blow, scientists say
The Alaska Volcano Observatory reports that a swarm of small earthquakes occurred somewhere deep below the iconic crater beginning on April 11 — but it’s too early to tell if that signals an eruption could be on the way.
After thousands of years, a dormant volcano in the Aleutians might show signs of waking up
The volcano hasn’t been active at least since the time Russian explorers started keeping records in 1760. Researchers say it has likely remained dormant for much longer than that, perhaps as long as 10,000 years.
Eruptions are still going at 3 Aleutian volcanoes
The volcanoes are all at elevated alert levels — geologists’ way to say the trio is erupting, but there’s no immediate cause for concern.
Advisory for Kodiak ends after winds stir up ash from 1912 eruption
When it’s swept into the air, the ash can wreak havoc for people with respiratory problems.
3 volcanoes erupting across Aleutian Range
Three volcanoes are erupting across the Aleutian Range — Great Sitkin and Semisopochnoi in the Aleutian Islands and Pavlof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula.
Lava streams from one Aleutian volcano, while two other volcanoes spew ash into the air
A stream of lava flowed down the side of the Great Sitkin volcano in the Aleutian Islands Thursday morning and was visible from the nearby community of Adak, an official with the Alaska Volcano Observatory said.
Aleutian volcano sees first major eruption since 1974
Scientists have downgraded the alert level at Great Sitkin Volcano near the Aleutian Island of Adak following an eruption Tuesday night.
Volcanic activity at Semisopochnoi prompts ashfall warning for fishing boats
The volcano is on an uninhabited island in the Rat Islands, about 600 miles southwest of Unalaska.