Griggs Volcano
Updated: 19 apr. 2024 08:56 GMT -
Stratovolcano 2317 m / 7,602 ft
United States, Alaska Peninsula, 58.35°N / -155.09°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
United States, Alaska Peninsula, 58.35°N / -155.09°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Eruzioni del vulcano Griggs: 1790 BC ± 40 years
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Data / ora | Mag. / Prof. | Distanza / Ubicazione | |||
| 18 apr 13:04 (Anchorage) | 1.1 1.1 km | 14 km a sud |  Lake and Peninsula, 170 km a ovest da Kodiak, Kodiak Island, Alaska, Stati Uniti | Info | |
| giovedì, 11 aprile 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 10 apr 22:28 (Anchorage) | 1.2 107 km | 6.8 km a est | 93 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska | Info | |
| mercoledì, 10 aprile 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 10 apr 04:20 (Anchorage) | 1.7 1.1 km | 9.3 km a sud-est | 85 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska | Info | |
| martedì, 9 aprile 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 9 apr 04:25 (Anchorage) | 2.4 0 km | 5 km a sud-est | 90 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska | Info | |
| mercoledì, 17 aprile 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 17 apr 01:18 (Anchorage) | 1.0 5.5 km | 14 km a sud | Lake and Peninsula, 171 km a ovest da Kodiak, Kodiak Island, Alaska, Stati Uniti | Info | |
| domenica, 14 aprile 2024 GMT (1 sismo) | |||||
| 14 apr 10:47 (Anchorage) | 0.8 5 km | 26 km a nord est | 104 km N of Karluk, Alaska | Info | |
Background
The summit of Mount Griggs towers above Knife Creek on the NE side of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. The volcano is uniquely offset west of the NE-trending alignment of volcanoes in the Katmai area. The broad, 2317-m-high stratovolcano, formerly known as Knife Peak, consists of a late-Pleistocene volcano with glacial valleys on the north that was truncated on its SW side by an early Holocene edifice collapse. A Holocene volcano was subsequently constructed within the 1.5-km-wide scarp left by the emplacement of a large SW-flank debris avalanche. Nested cones with three concentric craters mostly fill the scarp, and thick, blocky lava flows blanket the SW flanks of the volcano below the collapse scarp. In contrast to the more silicic centers of the Katmai area along the crest of the range, lava flows from Griggs are dominantly andesitic in composition, and dacitic lava flows are uncommon. No historical eruptions have occurred from Griggs, but noisy fumarolic jets near the summit can be heard from the valley floor, 1750 m below.---
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