Great Sitkin Volcano
Updated: May 4, 2024 08:02 GMT -
Stratovolcano 1740+ m / 5,709 ft
United States, Aleutian Islands, 52.08°N / -176.13°W
Current status: minor activity or eruption warning (3 out of 5)
United States, Aleutian Islands, 52.08°N / -176.13°W
Current status: minor activity or eruption warning (3 out of 5)
Last update: 1 May 2024 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
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Great Sitkin volcano eruptions: 2021, 1974
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
May 1, 09:49 pm (Adak) | 0.4 12 km | 37 km NE of Adak, Alaska | Info | ||
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
Apr 30, 02:25 pm (Adak) | 0.8 3 km | 35 km ENE of Adak, Alaska | Info | ||
Apr 30, 01:15 pm (Adak) | 0.3 4.8 km | 39 km NE of Adak, Alaska | Info | ||
Monday, April 29, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 28, 10:14 pm (Adak) | 1.1 6.2 km | 1.2 km (0.8 mi) to the NW | 41 km NE of Adak, Alaska | Info | |
Sunday, April 28, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
Apr 27, 09:56 pm (Adak) | 0.8 1.8 km | 41 km ENE of Adak, Alaska | Info | ||
Apr 27, 03:33 pm (Adak) | 0.4 1.8 km | 38 km ENE of Adak, Alaska | Info |
Background
Constructed within the caldera of an older shield volcano forming the northern half of Great Sitkin Island, 1740-m-high Great Sitkin volcano contains a small, 0.8 x 1.2 km ice-filled summit caldera. Deep glacial valleys radiate from the summit, which lies at the eastern rim of the caldera, which was formed by massive edifice failure that produced a submarine debris avalanche that traveled more than 40 km to the north. The entire island is blanketed with a light-brown to black pumice layer up to 6 m thick. This deposit is overlain over much of the NW side of the island by ash deposits from a subsidiary vent NW of the caldera. Hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles occur near the head of Big Fox Creek, south of the volcano. Historical eruptions have been recorded since the late-19th century. In 1945, a 400-600 m wide, flat-topped lava dome was emplaced through a glacier filling the steep-sided, 180-m-deep summit caldera.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information