Ukinrek Maars volcano
Maars 91 m / 299 ft
United States, Alaska Peninsula, 57.83°N / -156.51°W
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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United States, Alaska Peninsula, 57.83°N / -156.51°W
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Ukinrek Maars volcano eruptions: 1977
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Ukinrek Maars volcano eruptions: 1977
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance | Location |
| Sun, 24 Sep | |||
| Sun, 24 Sep 04:51 UTC | M 2.7 / 0.6 km | 13 km | - 115km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska |
| Sat, 23 Sep | |||
| Sat, 23 Sep 10:15 UTC | M 2.1 / 124.4 km | 12 km | - 97km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska |
| Sat, 16 Sep | |||
| Sat, 16 Sep 21:45 UTC | M 2.7 | 15 km | - 117km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska |
| Sun, 3 Sep | |||
| Sun, 3 Sep 03:07 UTC | M 2.8 / 125.8 km | 40 km | - 75km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska |
| Sun, 27 Aug | |||
| Sun, 27 Aug 18:35 UTC | M 2.3 / 105.5 km | 18 km | - 119km S of King Salmon, Alaska |
Background:
Ukinrek Maars are two explosion craters that were created in an area without previous volcanic activity during a 10-day-long phreatomagmatic eruption March-April 1977. The basaltic maars were erupted through glacial deposits in the Bering Sea lowlands 1.5 km south of Becharof Lake and 12 km west of Peulik volcano; their location is related to the regional Bruin Bay fault. The elliptical West Maar, which was the first to form, is 105 x 170 m wide and 35 m deep. The other maar, 600 m to the east, is 300 m wide and 70 m deep. Both maars are now filled by crater lakes; the eastern lake encircles a 49-m-high lava dome that was emplaced at the end of the eruption. Base surges were directed primarily to the NW. Juvenile material from the Ukinrek eruptions was of mantle-derived olivine basaltic composition. The dacitic Gas Rocks lava domes, of Quaternary age, are located on the shores of Becharof Lake, 3 km north of Ukinrek maars and were the site of a phreatic eruption about 2300 years ago.---
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