Fears huge volcano is set to ERUPT amid spike in earthquakes... leaving major US city on edge

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Fears huge volcano is set to ERUPT amid spike in earthquakes... leaving major US city on edge

Daily Mail
By STACY LIBERATORE
29 May 2025



Officials have detected a surge in earthquake activity at Alaska's Mount Spurr, sparking fears of a potential eruption.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reported that seismic activity has returned to March levels of about 100 events per week, the same month officials warned the volcano could erupt within weeks.

Recent detections of deep earthquakes suggested that magma remains active beneath the volcano.

These earthquakes are caused by magma rising toward the surface, putting pressure on the surrounding rock and causing it to crack.

While the AVO said that the likelihood of an eruption is gradually declining, it cautioned that 'the volcano remains at an elevated state of unrest.'

'We're not out of the woods yet, by any means,' Matt Haney, a researcher with the AVO, told Alaska Public Media on Wednesday.

'There's still earthquakes happening at Mount Spurr.'

Mount Spurr lies about 78 miles from Anchorage, home to nearly 300,000 people who have begun stocking up on food and protective gear, preparing for the possibility of a sudden eruption.

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[Smokin Joe]

For this, a mask can help ("ash" is just tiny bits of glass with some mineral crystals).

[DefiantMassRINO]

Volcano ash is really small shards of glass that will cut open your lungs from the inside and cause you to drown in your blood.  Masks are a good idea, if you want to live.