Nearly 300,000 people in Alaska are at risk ahead of the potential eruption of Mount Spurr, near Anchorage, amid increasing fears the 11,000ft volcano may be set to erupt following dozens of ...

Alaska residents are again being urged to brace themselves for a possible eruption of Mount Spurr. Following up on last week's warning, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reiterated in a series of ...

They announced in mid-March that the chances had gone up for Mount Spurr to blow "within the next few weeks or months." So how do they know that? And what should Southcentral Alaska residents do ...

Officials say the increased seismic activity is a sign magma is rising beneath Mount Spurr, causing stress and cracking in the surrounding rock, leading to earthquakes. Emergency plans have ...

Located in the Aleutian Arc, Mount Spurr is an ice-covered stratovolcano complex that most recently erupted in 1992 and 1953. On March 7, a flyover conducted by the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO ...

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.

Scientists monitoring Alaska’s Mount Spurr said seismic activity continues to rise, indicating that the volcano is moving toward an eruption. The major risk of a Mount Spurr eruption is ashfall ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory notes “elevated earthquake activity and ground deformation” at Mount Spurr, about 75 miles west of Anchorage. (Dreamstime/TNS) ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The ...

In 1992, volcanic tremor started about three weeks before Mount Spurr erupted. Another nearby volcano that erupted in 2009, Mount Readout, showed volcanic tremor for two months before it blew its top.

Satellite view of Mount Spurr, Alaska. (Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025) ...