Has Alaska had any volcano's erupt since mt. spurr?

Question

Has Alaska had any volcano's erupt since mt. spurr?

Answer 1

Yes!!!!!

Crater Peak on Mt. Spurr erupted on September 16, 1992; here is a list of the volcanic eruptions in Alaska confirmed by the Alaska Volcano Observatory since that time:

Date of Volcanic Eruption(s):  Name of Volcano  (location)

Dec 18, 1992:  Akutan Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

Dec 22-30, 1992:  Pyre Peak on Seguam Island  (Aleutian Islands)

May 28-Aug 19, 1993:  Pyre Peak on Seguam Island  (Aleutian Islands)

May 25, 2994:  Mt. Cleveland  (Aleutian Islands)

June 30, 1993 - Aug 28, 1994:  Mt. Veniaminof  (Alaskan Penisula)

Sept 14-Nov 5, 1993:  Makushin Volcano on Unalaska Island (Aleutian Islands)

Oct 26, 1993:  Shishaldin Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

Jan 1994-?Aug 25, 1995:  Kanaga Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

Dec 23-24, 1995:  Shishaldin Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

Jan 30, 1995:  Makushin Volcano on Unalaska Island (Aleutian Islands)

April 17, 1995 - Nov 30, 1996:  Mt. Veniaminof  (Alaska Penisula)

Jul - Sept 1996:  Amukta Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

Sept 16, 1996 - Jan 3, 1997:  Pavlof Volcano  (Alaska Peninsula)

May 5, 1997:  Mt. Cleveland  (Aleutian Islands)

June 2, 1997:  Shishaldin Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

June 30, 1998:  Korovin Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

Feb 9-May 28, 1999:  Shishaldin Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

Sept 25, 1999 - Feb 4, 2000:  Shishaldin Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

Feb 2-Apr 15, 2001:  Mt. Cleveland  (Aleutian Islands)

Sept 28, 2002 - Mar 23, 2003:  Mt. Veniaminof  (Alaskan Penisula)

Feb 17-May 17, 2004:  Shishaldin Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

Feb 19-Sept 13, 2004:  Mt. Veniaminof  (Alaskan Penisula)

Jan 4-Feb 25, 2005:  Mt. Veniaminof  (Alaskan Penisula)

April 27-Sept 27, 2005:  Mt. Cleveland  (Aleutian Islands)

Sept 7-Nov 4, 2005:  Mt. Veniaminof  (Alaskan Penisula)

Sept 17, 2006:  Fourpeaked Volcano  (Alaska Peninsula)

Dec 2005 - Mar 31, 2006:  Mt. Augustine  ****  (Southwestern Alaska)

Feb 6, 2006:  Mt. Cleveland  (Aleutian Islands)

Mar 3-Sept 7. 2006:  Mt. Veniaminof  (Alaskan Penisula)

May 23, 2006:   Mt. Cleveland  (Aleutian Islands)

Aug 24, 2006:  Mt. Cleveland  (Aleutian Islands)

Oct 28, 2006:  Mt. Cleveland  (Aleutian Islands)

Nov 25-Dec 21, 2006:  Korovin Volcano  (Aleutian Islands)

June 2007:  Mt. Cleveland  (Aleutian Islands)

Feb 13-May 23, 2007:  Okmok Volcano Cone A  (Aleutian Islands)

Aug 15-Sept 3, 2007:  Pavlof Volcano  (Alaska Peninsula)

In addition, there are two eruptions "in progress".  The Mt. Veniaminof Volcano on the Alaskan Peninsula began erupting again on Feb 22, 2008 and the Okmok Volcano began erupting again on July 12th, 2008.  

Those are the actual eruptions listed by the Alaska Volcano Observatory since 1992.  For further information, from the Smithsonian Institution, here are the Alaskan Volcanoes (and the date of the most recent activity)  for which ANY volcanic activity has been recorded from 1992 to 2008:  

Aleutian Island Volcanoes:  Kanaga (1995), Korovin (2007), Seguam (1993), Amukta (1997), Cleveland (2008), Okmok (2008), Makushin (1995), Akutan (1992), Westdahl (1992), and Shishaldin (2004)

Volcanoes of the Alaska Peninsula:  Pavlof (2007), Veniaminof (2008), Chiginagak (1998), and Fourpeaked (2006)

Volcanoes of Southwestern Alaska:  Augustine (2006) and Spurr (1992)

Volcanoes of Western Alaska:  no recent activity

Volcanoes of Southern Alaska:  Wrangell (2002)

Hope that helps answer your question!

Amy

****BTW, I question the end date of March 31st for the Mt. Augustine eruption.  I was in Kenai from May-August of 2006 and looking across Cook Inlet (using binoculars) we could still see smoke rising from Mt. Augustine during that time.

Answer 2

Okmok Alert Level=WATCH. Aviation Color Code=ORANGE. Issued Jul 24, 2008, 11:52 ADT

(Change to current status occurred on Jul 20, 2008 22:02 ADT from Alert Level WARNING and Aviation Color Code RED )

Okmok Volcano continues to erupt.

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Okmok... In case of any current changes in the activity of this volcano.