This photo of the north flank of Mount Redoubt on Jan. 31 shows the volcano emitting a low-level vapor plume.The U.S. Geological Survey has assessed the volcano, located 106 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, as one of the nation's highest threat volcanoes.
Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory are monitoring Mount Redoubt
Volcano around the clock. Levels of seismic activity at the volcano, 106 miles
southwest of Anchorage,
have increased and an eruption is possible within days to weeks. The U.S.
Geological Survey has assessed the volcano as one of the nation's
highest threat volcanoes.
Redoubt last erupted explosively nearly 20 years ago, sending ash plumes 40,000
feet into the air and causing engine failure in a 747 jet, which eventually
landed safely. Ash also interrupted commercial air traffic into and out of Anchorage, and mudflows from the volcano threatened an
oil-storage facility near Cook Inlet.
For additional information contact Jennifer Adleman,
geologist, USGS, at (907) 786-7497 or (907) 786-7019 or Clarice Nasiff Ransom, public
affairs specialist, USGS, at (703) 648-4299.