Mount Spurr’s Crater Peak vent last erupted in 1992, producing ash columns over 50,000 feet high and depositing ash across south-central Alaska, including Anchorage.

The likelihood that Mount Spurr, the closest active volcano to Anchorage, will erupt is increasing, with scientists now saying an eruption is “likely” within weeks or months.

A roiling eruption column rising from Mount Spurr's Crater Peak vent during its Aug. 18, 1992 eruption. (Source adjusted color and removed date label via Photoshop.) The eruptions can last from a ...

Small earthquakes have been occurring above ground at Mount Spurr since April, leading to odds of eruption of about 50%, Matthew Haney, scientist in charge of the Alaska Volcano Observatory in ...

When did Mount Spurr last erupt? Mount Spurr erupted once in 1953 and three times in 1992, according to the observatory. Both years saw eruptions at the Crater Peak vent, located two miles south ...

Alaska's Mount Spurr, an active volcano near the most populated region in the state, is getting even closer to an eruption, according to volcanologists.

Mount Spurr’s summit crater is seen from the air on March 7, 2023. Escaping gas from one of the volcano’s main fumarole and a dry crater floor can be seen.

Mount Redoubt’s 2009 eruption was roughly comparable to Spurr’s 1953 and 1992 eruptions, which scientists say is a much more likely outcome. “There are some differences between the eruptions ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (NBC) -- Scientists are urging people who live in south-central Alaska to begin preparing for a possible eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said ...

Mount Spurr erupted once in 1953 and three times in 1992, according to the observatory. Both years saw eruptions at the Crater Peak vent, located two miles south of the volcano’s summit.

Increasing volcanic activity at the over 11,000-foot-tall, snowcapped volcano in Alaska is likely a sign of its impending first eruption since 1992, experts say.. Mount Spurr, located about 75 ...

Mount Spurr erupted once in 1953 and three times in 1992, according to the observatory. Both years saw eruptions at the Crater Peak vent, located two miles south of the volcano’s summit.