Atka Volcano
Updated: Apr 29, 2024 18:38 GMT -
Stratovolcanoes 1451 m / 4,760 ft
United States, Aleutian Islands, 52.33°N / -174.14°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
United States, Aleutian Islands, 52.33°N / -174.14°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 10 Apr 2024 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
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Atka volcano eruptions: 1987
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| Apr 26, 10:00 pm (Adak) | 0.3 4.2 km |  22 km N of Atka, Alaska | Info | ||
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
| Apr 21, 01:16 am (Adak) | 3.3 14 km | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) to the E | 16 km NE of Atka, Alaska | Info | |
| Apr 21, 01:15 am (Adak) | 0.3 0.7 km | 17 km N of Atka, Alaska | Info | ||
| Friday, April 19, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
| Apr 19, 08:57 am (Adak) | 0.4 8.7 km | 12 km NNE of Atka, Alaska | Info | ||
| Apr 19, 08:14 am (Adak) | 0.6 8.6 km | 12 km NE of Atka, Alaska | Info | ||
| Monday, April 15, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 15, 11:54 am (Adak) | 1.0 5.5 km | 19 km N of Atka, Alaska | Info | ||
Background
The largest volcanic center in the central Aleutians, Atka consists of a central shield and Pleistocene caldera with several post-caldera volcanoes. A major dacitic explosive eruption accompanied formation of the caldera about 500,000 to 300,000 years ago. The most prominent of the post-caldera stratovolcanoes are Kliuchef and Sarichef, both of which may have been active in historical time. Sarichef has a symmetrical profile, but the less eroded Kliuchef is the source of most if not all historical eruptions. Kliuchef may have been active on occasion simultaneously with Korovin volcano to the north. Hot springs and fumaroles are located on the flanks of Mount Kliuchef and in a glacial valley SW of Kliuchef.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Atka Volcano Photos
Erupting Klyuchevskoy volcano, Kamchatka, with the new lava flow and Kamen volcano (Sep 2013) (Photo: Sergey Krasnoshchokov)
KLYOUCHEVSKOY, KAMCHATKA July 2011 (Photo: kayapo)
The crater lake of Maly Semyachik, Kamchatka (Photo: kaylash)
Koryaksky Volcano rising above city of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka (Photo: Richard Roscoe)
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