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| 1953-07-09 | 1953-7-16 | Crater Peak: 1953 | Initial newspaper accounts of this eruption exclaim "City blacked out by 3 volcanoes!" in large bold type, but in reality, only one volcano, Mt. Spurr, was actually erupting. "Mt. Torbert," as well as the third "unnamed volcano" are not volcanic, and were not erupting. Precursory activity to this eruption may have been observed in mid-May, 1953, when Northern Consolidated Airline pilots reported increased steaming from the summit of Spurr (Unknown, 1953; Fairbanks News-Miner, May 21, 1953).
... More information | exclamation.png | ye | 50 | http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=spurr&eruptionid=311&page=basic | |
| 1965-01-31 | 1965-2-2 | Spurr: 1965 | On January 31, 1965 an Elmendorf Air Force Base pilot reported hot ashes in the crater and said the crater appeared to be greenish in color (Anchorage Daily Times, unknown author, 1965). On February 2 a Northern Consolidation pilot reported seeing smoke and steam clouds (Associated Press, 1965). This activity may not constitute an eruption. | asterisk_yellow.png | ye | 50 | http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=spurr&eruptionid=312&page=basic | |
| 1992-06-27 | 1992-7-8 | Crater Peak: 1992 | For 220 pages of information on the three 1992 eruptions of Crater Peak, please see the USGS Bulletin 2139, available online at: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/pdfs/B2139.pdf ; this file is 9 MB.
From McGimsey and others (1995): "On June 27, after 39 years of quiescence, the Crater Peak vent on Spurr volcano began the first of 3 eruptions (June 27, August 18, and September 16-17) in 1992 (Alaska Volcano Observatory, 1993; Eichelberger ... More information | exclamation.png | ye | 50 | http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=spurr&eruptionid=313&page=basic | |
| 1992-08-18 | 1992-8-18 | Crater Peak: 1992 | For 220 pages of information on the three 1992 eruptions of Crater Peak, please see the USGS Bulletin 2139, available online at: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/pdfs/B2139.pdf ; this file is 9 MB.
From Eichelberger and others (1995): "Following the June [June 27, 1992] eruption, seismicity remained low through the first half of August. Only one shallow and two deep earthquakes were recorded between August 12 and 17. Because ... More information | exclamation.png | ye | 50 | http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=spurr&eruptionid=326&page=basic | |
| 1992-09-16 | 1992-9-17 | Crater Peak: 1992 | For 220 pages of information on the three 1992 eruptions of Crater Peak, please see the USGS Bulletin 2139, available online at: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/pdfs/B2139.pdf ; this file is 9 MB.
From Eichelberger and others (1995): "Following the August eruption, deep seismicity gradually increased, and by mid-September it had returned to levels comparable to mid-June. AVO teams visiting the crater on September 7 and 16 ... More information | exclamation.png | ye | 50 | http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=spurr&eruptionid=327&page=basic | |
| 2004-07-00 | 2006-2-00 | Spurr: 2004 - 2006 | For a complete report of the unrest at Spurr between 2004 and 2006, please see Coombs and others (2006), available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1732/pp1732b/index.html.
From Neal and others (2005): "In early July 2004, AVO seismologists noted an increase in volcano-tectonic and long-period earthquake activity beneath the summit of Mount Spurr Volcano (Power, 2004; Power and others, 2004). About the same ... More information | information.png | ye | 50 | http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=spurr&eruptionid=546&page=basic | |
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