An example of "bad journalism" at its finest
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glc
‘Explosive eruption’ now likely on Alaska volcano Mount Spurr, scientists say
George, Yes, I have seen a variety of similar nonsense articles elsewhere on the Web. It is bad journalism. No reputable volcanologist has said anything like this--at all. I check with in the Alaska Volcano Observatory site at least once a day.
This is the extent of the alarm that they have posted in months:
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Unrest continues at Mount Spurr volcano. Seismicity remains elevated with numerous small, shallow volcanic earthquakes detected beneath the volcano over the past day.
Even to my untrained eye, there is considerably less activity recently than a month ago.
One can rest assured that if activity were to "ramp-up" we would be reporting it here!
Mark
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March 20th at 10:30 am PDT (Courtesy of the Alaska Volcano Observatory)
Too much snow has fallen to use the webcam. The camera needs to be uncovered.
Hard to see the steam -- but the peak is back in view
The webcam is clear again today.
March 22, 2025, 10:21 am
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Unrest continues at Mount Spurr volcano. Seismicity remains elevated with numerous small, shallow volcanic earthquakes detected beneath the volcano over the past day. An AVO overflight conducted yesterday observed continued steaming from the summit fumaroles and gas emissions. Steaming from the summit was readily apparent in webcam and by eye from Anchorage last night and this morning.
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Courtesy of Alaska Volcano Observatory
Helicopter for the maintenance crew!
First reasonably clear day in weeks!
From AVO: June 18, 2025, 11:30 am
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Unrest continues at Mount Spurr volcano, with occasional, small volcanic earthquakes continuing to occur beneath the edifice. No noteworthy activity was seen in mostly cloudy satellite or webcam images over the last 24 hours. An AVO field crew is at the volcano today performing maintenance and upgrades to the monitoring network.
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Courtesy of Alaska Volcano Observatory
New Livestreams of the Volcano are now available!
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Courtesy of the AVO Livestream, June 21st at 12:30 pm
June 20, 2025, 1:05 pm
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Unrest continues at Mount Spurr. The level of activity is still above background, but lower than observed in early 2025. This decrease in activity suggests that the magma intrusion beneath Mount Spurr has stalled. The likelihood of an eruption has declined since March, but fluctuations in unrest are not uncommon, and explosive eruptions are still possible. Should unrest escalate towards an eruption, we expect increases in seismic activity, gas emissions, surface deformation, and surface heating.
During the past week, 42 earthquakes were located, all smaller than magnitude 1. The number of located earthquakes this week is about the same as the last two weeks, and lower than weekly counts from earlier in 2025. However, they are within the variability observed from week to week during this entire period of unrest. Ground deformation, as measured by GNSS (GPS) stations, remains paused as it has for the last two months.
Minor sulfur dioxide emissions were observed in satellite data one day this week. The last gas flight occurred June 11 and found that gas compositions and emission rates were broadly unchanged from those measured during the previous gas flight on May 23. Yesterday, June 19, AVO installed a new continuous gas sensor on the rim of Crater Peak. Initial readings from the station show high carbon dioxide emissions from the vent, and no sulfur dioxide, consistent with past gas flights. The new station will allow for continuous measurements of Crater Peak gas emissions when wind conditions allow, includes seismic and infrasound instrumentation, and is a significant improvement to our monitoring capabilities.
No significant surface changes were observed at Mount Spurr over the past week.
Earlier this week, AVO installed a new livestream camera at station SPCL: Mount Spurr Live Stream (SPCL).
A livestream of Mount Spurr, as viewed from Glen Alps in Anchorage, is also available here: Mount Spurr Live Stream (ANCG).
