From possible impacts to how to prepare, we dive into what we know so far about Anchorage’s closest active volcano and how to ...

Is this odd? Not at all in a chain of active volcanoes like the Aleutians. Fisher Caldera - VEI 6 - ~7,420 BCE: The Fisher ...

Emergency officials in Unalaska are closely watching an active volcano near Anchorage. Scientists said Mount Spurr is likely ...

Mount Spurr, 78 miles from Anchorage, is unusual in its potential to foul air quality, disrupt jet service and otherwise ...

The Alaskan Volcano Observatory has shared new images of plumes of gas streaming out of Mount Spurr, which scientists suspect ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says that if the more ... Mount Spurr is one of a string of volcanos in the Aleutian Islands and is part of what's known as the Ring of Fire, created by the Pacific ...

Subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate creating the Aleutian trench and volcanic island arc (Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory). Click image for a larger view.

The Pavlof Volcano spews ash in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in 2016. REUTERS Those eruptions each lasted for only a few hours, though they produced massive ash clouds that carried downwind for ...

At Great Sitkin Volcano, which sits on an island in the Aleutian chain, lava has been slowly erupting from the summit crater since 2021. The Musk Effect: Elon Musk is seemingly everywhere ...