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Martin volcano

Updated: Nov 29, 2023 05:24 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)
Last update: 13 Dec 2021 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Martin volcano eruptions: 1953 

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance/Location
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 28, 05:09 pm (Anchorage)
(Nov 29, 02:09 GMT)
1.8

0.4 km
3 km (1.9 mi)
111 mi west of Kodiak, Alaska, USA
Sunday, November 26, 2023 GMT (2 quakes)
Nov 26, 06:38 am (Anchorage)
(Nov 26, 14:38 GMT)
1.4

111 km
33 km (21 mi)
90 Km NNW of Karluk, Alaska
Nov 25, 09:45 pm (Anchorage)
(Nov 26, 06:45 GMT)
1.7

79 km
30 km (19 mi)
Alaska Peninsula
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 21, 06:11 pm (Anchorage)
(Nov 22, 03:11 GMT)
3.1

76 km
28 km (17 mi)
95 mi west of Kodiak, Alaska, USA
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 21, 12:07 am (Anchorage)
(Nov 21, 09:07 GMT)
2.5

3.7 km
30 km (19 mi)
98 mi west of Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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.
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Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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Wed, 11 Jan 2006, 06:00

Martin volcano (United States) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 11 January-17 January 2006 (New Activity / Unrest)

Increased seismicity occurred at Martin during 8 January until at least 15 January. About 300 earthquakes were recorded during 2 days, in contrast to the background rate of ~25 earthquakes per month since the seismic network was installed in 1996. AVO increased the Concern Color Code to Yellow. ... Read all
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