Earthquake swarm awakens Alaskan volcano, dormant for 182 years

By Robert On August 31, 2012 · 5 Comments

Alert level raised to yellow.

Little Sitkin - Credit Alaska Volcano Observatory

A series of small earthquakes beginning Wednesday night and continuing into Thursday near a long-dormant volcanic peak in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has prompted researchers to raise the alert level for the Little Sitkin volcano.

The nearly 4,000-foot-high volcano’s most recent eruption may have come in 1900, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Still, the AVO page for Little Sitkin mentions there may have been a “cataclysmic eruption” on the island sometime after the last ice age, which ended more than 11,000 years ago.

Aircraft traveling in the area are advised to exercise caution.

Little Sitkin joins two other Alaska volcanoes, Iliamna and Cleveland, with elevated alert levels.

See entire article:
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/earthquakes-raise-alert-level-alaska-volcano

Thanks to Wanda for this link

5 Responses to Earthquake swarm awakens Alaskan volcano, dormant for 182 years

frank says:

August 31, 2012 at 9:23 pm

Here he goes again. Another page turned in Roberts book discribing the increase in volcanic activity before the poles change. Day by Day I am more convinced that Robert is on the right track of coming events. The huricane Isaac I just went through down here in New Orleans had plenty of time and energy but could not get it’s act together, why the atmosphere has contracted and storms are doing unusual things all over the world. Some are stronger and some are unusually weaker as we march towards the oncoming ice age…
laurel says:

September 1, 2012 at 4:08 am

noticed last night the usgs was lit up that way, after some days of amazingly bare quake activity up there, the absence of quakes for some days was very noticeable.that whole alaskan russian section is always showing small quakes.
spepper says:

September 1, 2012 at 5:00 am

A “gentle” reminder from Mother Earth, that “she” causes climate change, NOT the pesky human ants that crawl around upon “her”.
GoneWithTheWind says:

September 1, 2012 at 12:14 pm

“Some are stronger and some are unusually weaker” That pretty much covers all possibilities. So no matter what they weather does it signals “something” to you. The truth is our weather is typical for a La Nina year and is not either unusually bad nor unusually good. And yet some will see a cloud around that silver lining…
Teh JC says:

September 2, 2012 at 9:48 pm

The warmth of the loving father’s (Sun) hug is remembered only when daughter (Earth) is far away chilled by the cold of night. Orbital flux due to celestial relationships is the main driver of weather cycles on Earth. If our orbit were truly circular, then we would have very few weather abnormalities. The few would still be of those from the father’s influence & Jupiter. Jupiter’s proximity is the reason for the weird seasons and volcanism. Where is Jupiter? Closer my friends, closer than usual.