Pavlov Volcano Erupts in Alaska; Popocatepetl Volcano Erupts Near Mexico City – Enormous Pressure on Pacific Plate could mean CA Earthquake
Superstation95.com
Mar 28, 2016
Two volcanoes are erupting on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” indicating a massive build-up of tectonic stress on the west coast of North America. It began at 4:18 PM Alaska time (8:19 PM Eastern Time) when the Pavlov volcano on Alaska’s Aleutian Island Chain, blew ash, stone, dirt, smoke some four MILES into the air before lava began seeping out.
The US Geological Survey mentioned that the Pavlov Volcano, around 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, has erupted at 4.18pm local time.
The agency affirmed that the eruption led to tremors on the ground. It has raised the volcano alert level to ‘warning’ and the aviation warning to ‘red’. The USGS said that the Pavlov Volcano has 40 known eruptions.
Last time, it erupted in 2013 and at that time, the plumes rose 27,000 feet. Considered to be one of the most consistently active volcanoes in the Aleutian arc, other eruption on the Pavlov volcano has generated plumes as high as 49,000 feet.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory said, “As of 4:18 pm AKDT … ash was reportedly moving northward from the volcano. Seismicity began to increase from background levels at about 3:53 pm … with quick onset of continuous tremor, which remains at high levels”.
The volcano is around 7km in diameter and has active vents on the north and east sides close to the summit. Eruptive activity is characterized by sporadic Strombolian lava fountaining that continues to take place many months.
A report published in the ADN News said, “A volcano on the Alaska Peninsula has stirred with new activity this weekend, with volcanologists reporting an eruption Sunday afternoon that sent ash 20,000 feet into the air. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said on its website that the alert level had risen to warning and the aviation color code to red for the Pavlof Volcano, on the Alaska Peninsula about 30 miles northeast of the community of King Cove, and 36 miles from Cold Bay. The fresh eruptions, reported Sunday afternoon, raised the alert level from normal and the color code from green.
In a report published by the KTUU News, The Aviation Color Code has been raised to red and the Volcano alert has been raised to Warning.
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