Fourpeaked Volcano
Updated: May 7, 2024 12:20 GMT -
Stratovolcano 2105 m / 6,906 ft
United States, Alaska Peninsula, 58.77°N / -153.67°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
United States, Alaska Peninsula, 58.77°N / -153.67°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 10 Dec 2021 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
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Fourpeaked volcano eruptions: 2006
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
May 5, 07:23 am (Anchorage) | 1.6 69 km | 12 km (7.2 mi) to the S | 84 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska | Info | |
Thursday, May 2, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
May 2, 04:39 am (Anchorage) | 1.9 19 km | 19 km (12 mi) to the E | 88 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska | Info | |
Monday, April 29, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 29, 02:13 pm (Anchorage) | 1.4 78 km | 25 km (15 mi) to the NE | 95 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska | Info |
Background
Poorly known Fourpeaked volcano in NE Katmai National Park consists of isolated outcrops surrounded by the Fourpeaked Glacier, which descends eastward almost to the Shelikof Strait. The orientation of andesitic lava flows and extensive hydrothermal alteration of rocks near the present 2105-m-high summit suggest that it probably marks the vent of Fourpeaked volcano. Eruptive activity during the Holocene had not been confirmed prior to the first historical eruption of Fourpeaked in September 2006. A N-trending fissure extending 1 km from the summit produced minor ashfall.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information