Diminished earthquake activity led authorities Thursday to reduce the warning levels at two volcanoes on an uninhabited island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain because of the decreased potential for eruptions.
Diminished earthquake activity led authorities on March 16, 2023, to reduce the warning level at two volcanoes, including the Tanaga Volcano , on an uninhabited island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain because of the decreased potential for eruptions.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory lowered the warning level to “Advisory” status from “Watch” for both Tanaga and Takawangha volcanoes on remote Tanaga Island, about 1,250 miles southwest of Anchorage. A swarm of earthquakes between March 9 and 11 signaled the increased chance of eruptions. However, since then, the rate and magnitude of quakes have decreased.
Several quakes per minute continue to be recorded under Tanaga Island, and the largest recorded in the last day was a magnitude 3.1 between the two volcanoes, separated by about 5 miles. During the peak, the quakes had magnitudes up to 4.0.Tanaga is the middle of three volcanoes on the island, with Takawangha located to the east. A third volcano on the island, Sajaka, is about 2 miles to the west of Tanaga, and was not showing any sign of activity.The last known eruption for Tanaga was in 1914.
The observatory has said there are no known eruptions of Takawangha or Sajaka. However, fieldwork has indicated that eruptions may have occurred from those volcanoes and misattributed to Tanaga.
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