Novarupta volcano
Caldera 841 m / 2,759 ft
United States, Alaska Peninsula, 58.27°N / -155.16°W
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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United States, Alaska Peninsula, 58.27°N / -155.16°W
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Novarupta volcano eruptions: 1912
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Novarupta volcano eruptions: 1912
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance | Location |
| Sat, 5 Aug | |||
| Sat, 5 Aug 21:47 UTC | M 1.2 / 13.3 km | 9 km | - 89km SE of King Salmon, Alaska |
| Sat, 5 Aug 03:13 UTC | M 2.7 | 4 km | - 96km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska |
| Wed, 2 Aug | |||
| Wed, 2 Aug 11:54 UTC | M 1.1 | 4 km | - 101km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska |
| Wed, 2 Aug 09:49 UTC | M 1.6 / 0.4 km | 4 km | - 98km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska |
| Wed, 2 Aug 08:25 UTC | M 2.1 | 5 km | - 94km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska |
Background:
Novarupta, the least topographically prominent volcano in the Katmai area, was formed during a major eruption in 1912. This eruption was the world's largest during the 20th century and produced a voluminous rhyolitic airfall tephra and the renowned Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (VTTS) ash flow. At the end of the eruption a small, 65-m-high, 400-m-wide lava dome grew to an elevation of 841 m within the source vent of the VTTS ashflow, a 2-km-wide area of subsidence NW of Trident volcano. The NE side of the Falling Mountain lava dome of the Trident volcanic cluster, as well as Broken Mountain and Baked Mountain, was removed by collapse of the Novarupta depression, which is marked by radial and scalloped arcuate fractures. Much larger collapse took place at Katmai volcano, 10 km to the east, where a 3 x 4 km wide caldera formed in response to magma reservoir drainage toward Novarupta.---
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