US EditionNear-term chances of an eruption at Alaska’s Mount Spurr volcano now considered ‘extremely low’
Signs of volcanic unrest at Mount Spurr have decreased since early 2024, with seismic activity and gas emissions reducing to normal levels, lowering eruption risk significantly, scientists say.
- Officials lowered the alert level for Mount Spurr volcano near Anchorage, Alaska to normal, indicating the volcano is quiet after months of showing signs of activity that raised the possibility of an eruption.
- Small earthquakes continued to occur more frequently than before the period of unrest began in early 2024, and volcanic gases were still being released, which is normal for volcanoes where magma has moved upward but has not erupted.
- The Alaska Volcano Observatory characterized the near-term chances of an eruption as 'extremely low' and said signs of volcanic unrest have been gradually decreasing with no ground deformation detected since March.
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Near-term chances of an eruption at Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano now considered 'extremely low'
Officials have lowered the alert level for a volcano near Alaska’s largest city to normal. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says this indicates that Mount Spurr is "quiet” months after showing signs of activity that had raised the possibility of an eruption.
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