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Alaska Mount Spurr Volcano

Anchorage: The increasing incidence of earthquakes this year beneath the volcano near Alaska’s largest city has attracted the attention of geologists. The volcano ‘Mount Spur’, about 129 kilometers northwest of Anchorage, last erupted in 1992 and during this time its ash spread in the air for about 19 kilometers, due to which flights had to be canceled and people were forced to wear masks. Had to happen.

Alert was issued

According to the Alaska Volcano Observatory, another eruption at the volcano could prove disastrous for the city. The observatory raised the alert category for Mount Spur to ‘Yellow’ in October after increased earthquake-related activity and ground conditions from satellite data.

earthquake under the volcano

Observatory scientist David Fee said that about 1,500 low-intensity earthquakes occurred beneath the volcano this year, which is much more than the usual about 100 earthquakes a year. Fei said that their number may seem very high but it is ‘not that high.’ This may or may not be a sign regarding a volcanic eruption.

What happened from 2004 to 2006?

Earlier, similar earthquake-related activities were seen from 2004 to 2006 but there was no serious eruption during that time. Scientist David Fee said, “We don’t see any significant changes in our data that would tell us that an eruption is going to happen.” (AP)