Learn what you should do if you live near an active volcano and how to stay safe before and after an eruption.

The AVO said an eruption was "likely, but not certain, to occur within the next few weeks or months." Why It Matters. Mount ...

Mount Spurr has been showing signs of an eruption since last year, but scientists think one is even more imminent.

Objectives To investigate associations between daily physical activity, activity intensity and step counts with incident cancer risk. Methods Prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants who wore ...

Mount Spurr, a stratovolcano west of Anchorage, has shown rising seismic activity, gas emissions, and melting snow, suggesting magma movement beneath the surface. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano ...

The updated map shows the parts of the country with the greatest risk of seismic activity. You can see the previous map, from 1991, on this French government site. The map ranks areas based on the ...

Mar. 18—For decades, the Alaska Volcano Observatory has monitored dozens of volcanoes across the state for risk of eruptions. Scientists say Mount Spurr — the closest active volcano to ...

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

"This time period of unrest will eventually most likely end in an explosive eruption like the ones that happened in 1953 and 1992," Matt Haney, the scientist in charge of the Alaska Volcano ...

Unrest continues at Mount Spurr. As of Wednesday, November 18, 2025, the Alaska Volcano Observatory has reported recent activity to include an increase in small, shallow volcanic earthquakes and the ...