This volcanic arc delineates the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. A subduction zone, composed of the deep Aleutian Trench coupled with a landward line of volcanoes ...

Mount Spurr, which is about 80 miles (128km) from Anchorage, stands at 3,374 metres (11,070ft) tall and is the highest volcano in the Aleutian mountain range. In an update on March 26, scientists ...

Gas emissions, earthquakes, and ground deformations. These are all signs that a volcano is about to erupt, and they are also all signs that have appeared at Mount Spurr, an active volcano in ...

Scientists are monitoring Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska amid eruption fears which could cause disruption in the region.

Mount Spurr is a prominent feature within the Aleutian volcanic arc, an area created by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate. This geological phenomenon leads to ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says that if the more ... Mount Spurr is one of a string of volcanos in the Aleutian Islands and is part of what's known as the Ring of Fire, created by the Pacific ...

Scientists are keeping a close eye on a giant volcano in Alaska that appears to be 'moving closer to an eruption.' On March 7, Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall stratovolcano that sits 81 miles ...

“significantly elevated” emissions of volcanic gas have been detected at the volcano — the tallest in the Aleutian Arc — this month, along with elevated earthquake activity and ground deformations, or ...