Researchers at the Alaska Volcano Observatory started seeing multiple earthquakes per minute below the summit of the state's Tanaga Volcano.
By Kerry BreenScientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory are warning that it's possible there could be an eruption at Tanaga Volcano after earthquakes were recorded beneath the volcano's summit.
"We started seeing a whole lot of earthquakes occurring, one after the other, several per minute," John Power, a research geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS, stationed in Anchorage at the observatory,The earthquakes have all been relatively small, with magnitudes between 2 and 3, the observatory said. Their location beneath the volcano's summit poses a threat.
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