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The beautifully symmetrical Mount Cleveland stratovolcano forms the western half of the uninhabited Chuginadak Island in the eastern Aleutians, connected to the eastern half of the island by a narrow isthmus. It is one of the regions most active volcanoes, but at present has no seismic network. Monitoring of its activity is largely based on satellite observation.
Cleveland volcano satellite image by (c) Google Earth View
Eruption news from Cleveland volcano:
Cleveland volcano (Aleutian Islands, Alaska): small explosion recorded
Wednesday May 17, 2017 05:25 AM | BY: T
Seismic signal of this morning's explosion at Cleveland (CLCO station, located 15.5 km (9.6 miles) east of Cleveland) (AVO)
A small explosion occurred from the volcano last night at 19:17 local time (03:17 UTC this morning), the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reported.
The event was only detected by seismic and infrasound (air pressure) sensors, but no ash plume was observed, indicating that it was only a small eruption at the active lava dome dome.
A new lava dome is growing in the summit crater of the volcano. Therefore, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) raised the Aviation Color Code to ORANGE and the Volcano Alert Level to WATCH. ... [more]
A small explosion occurred at the volcano Friday (24 Mar 2017) morning at 08:15 AKST (16:15 UTC), the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported. The Aviation Color code was raised to Orange. ... [more]
A new lava dome has been detected in the volcano's summit crater. The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the Aviation Color Code to ORANGE and the Volcano Alert Level to WATCH: ... [more]
