The Alaska Volcano Observatory, run by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), has long monitored dozens of volcanoes in ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says that if the snowcapped volcano erupts, the impacts could include damage to aircraft from ash.

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.

#Alaska #volcano USGS Volcanoes UAF Geophysical Institute Alaska DGGS The last known eruption from the summit vent was more than 5,000 years ago. The Crater Peak vent, meanwhile, erupted once in ...

Evidence of elevated volcanic activity indicate eruption of Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano could happen within weeks or months, federal officials say.

Since then, the Alaska Volcano Observatory and the USGS have recently reported "significantly elevated" volcanic activity from Mount Spurr. Experts have recorded increased gas emissions and newly ...