The area around Katmai on the Alaska Peninsula in the heart of the Aleutian volcanoes was the site of the biggest eruption of the 20th century. Things are becoming restless again, so what could we expect?
, the volcano closest to the Novarupta action, saw 14 eruptions between 1949 and 1974. Some of these have been relatively good sized,noticed earthquakes coming in swarms underneath Trident
Since the start of January, the earthquakes have remained at roughly that depth with dozens of earthquakes every week. Not only that, but there have been some earthquakes. Things are definitely in a state of unrest in the Novarupta-Katmai area. On February 22, the rate of earthquakes under Trident spiked, so the Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the alert status to Yellow . This was mostly to give people ample time to consider what might happenThe current evidence doesn't seem to point to an eruption in the immediate future, but whenever volcanologists see an increase inearthquakes persisting for months and the depth of the earthquakes decreasing over time, then they know it is time to start watching closely.
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