Martin Volcano
Updated: Apr 25, 2024 20:04 GMT -
Stratovolcano 1863 m / 6,112 ft
Alaska Peninsula, USA, 58.17°N / -155.36°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Alaska Peninsula, USA, 58.17°N / -155.36°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 13 Dec 2021 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
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Martin volcano eruptions: 1953
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| Apr 25, 07:59 am (Anchorage) | 0.4 1.1 km |  86 km NW of Karluk, Alaska | Info | ||
| Wednesday, April 24, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 24, 02:31 am (Anchorage) | 0.6 37 km | 85 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska | Info | ||
| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 23, 03:27 am (Anchorage) | 0.9 98 km | 78 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska | Info | ||
| Thursday, April 18, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 18, 01:04 pm (Anchorage) | 1.1 1.1 km | 14 km (8.5 mi) to the NE | 85 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska | Info | |
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
| Apr 17, 04:13 pm (Universal Time) | 0.6 31 km | 87 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska | Info | ||
| Apr 17, 01:18 am (Anchorage) | 1.0 5.5 km | 86 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska | Info | ||
Background
The mostly ice-covered Mount Martin stratovolcano lies at the SW end of the Katmai volcano cluster in Katmai National Park. The volcano was named for George C. Martin, the first person to visit and describe the Katmai area after the 1912 eruption. Mount Martin is capped by a 300-m-wide summit crater, which is ice-free because of an almost-constant steam plume and contains a shallow acidic lake. The edifice of Martin volcano overlies glaciated lava flows of the adjacent mid- to late-Pleistocene Alagoshak volcano on the WSW and was constructed entirely during the Holocene. Mount Martin consists of a small fragmental cone that was the source of ten thick overlapping blocky dacitic lava flows, largely uneroded by glaciers, that descend 10 km to the NW, cover 31 sq km, and form about 95% of the eruptive volume of the volcano. Two reports of historical eruptions that originated from uncertain sources were attributed by Muller et al. (1954) to Martin.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Martin Volcano Photos
Mt Pelée volcano on Martinique Island (Photo: Richard Arculus)
Martin taking pictures (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Ruth and Martina waiting for dinner. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Martin taking pictures, while others just wake up to admire the lava flow in front of us again. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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