The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a volcano on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted Sunday afternoon and sent ash 20,000 feet into the air.
The agency says the Pavlof Volcano, which is about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted at 4:18 p.m. local time. The agency says the eruption also led to tremors on the ground.
The USGS has raised the volcano alert level to “Warning” and the aviation warning to “Red.”
The agency says the volcano, which is about 4.4 miles in diameter, has had 40 known eruptions and “is one of the most consistently active volcanoes in the Aleutian arc.”
The USGS says that during a previous eruption in 2013, ash plumes rose 27,000 feet. Other eruptions have generated ash plumes as high as 49,000 feet.
The community closest to the volcano is Cold Bay, which is about 37 miles southwest of it.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
We here is the US need not worry about this. After China completely takes over the South China Sea, they will find a way to annex the Aleutian Islands. Obama, or maybe Hillary, will probably invite them in.
Wouldn’t surprise me a bit! With them in charge, who needs enemies?
Soro’s dream?
Forget China. The State Dept. is already planning to turn over the lands/seas around Alaska to Russia. Go to State Dept. Watch to see how TREASONEOUS the Democrats really are!!
Trump 2016.
Trump will be nothing more than a blond blue eyed white obama
That’s actually almost completely true. Close enough that I’ll agree with you.
My reply was to David in regards to Russia.
Obozo has ALREADY ceded several of the most oil rich islands to China.
No, China won’t get them. Obama wants to give them to Russia and his congress wants to back him on this “Rip-off America!” Giveaway.
You wanted him as your “First Black Prez”, but he made you “His BITCHES”.
Anchorage is the eleventh most armed city in the U.S. at 50% of the population packing heat. Fairbanks is first @ 50.8%. It pisses me off that we didn’t make top ten. We are working on it as fast as we can. Alaska has no concealed weapons permit requirements so the bad guys or the Chinese will never be sure who to be worried about.
It is amazing how our planet earth can fill the air with volcanic ash and gasses and chemicals and then turn all into fertle land all by itself in spite of the “blame the people” would be-scientists.
And, to hear Obama-lovers talk, it has no part in global warming, as everything we do does.
When Krakatoa blew in the 18 hundreds it was called the year without summer. It snowed on London on July that year because of all the ash
Global warming is a hoax
Obama’s climate change puppets refuse to believe this type of activity might actually contribute to Global warming more than auto exhaust or coal fired electrical plants. Carbon, and all these other minerals, metals and chemicals, are mostly heavier than air and, like smoke from forest fires, soon dissipate back into the environment from which they came.
One volcano, the one in Iceland a couple years ago spewed more hazzardous materials into the air since humans found out how to build camp fires. And, there are over 160 + or – volcanos spewing that into our atmosphere every day.
Why does no one ever discuss the global warming on Mars? I assume it is because it can not be blamed on human activity.
Or….uh…. because it doesn’t matter to us earthlings?
Indeed. If the climate change microcephalics were serious, they would find a way to cap volcanoes and put a thermostat on the sun.
Don’t even mention these or we’ll soon be seeing them try to do them.
Its already started. Several months ago someone on facebook posted a video of college students signing a petition to lower the temperature of the sun. we are doomed.
extremely great and pertinent comment – I agree – (they would try if they thought they could!)
There goes the tax rate, higher and HIGHER. Gotta protect the universe from ourselves. We should all kill ourselves!! That will make (friggen idiot)BHO happy.
I HAVE READ EVERY ONES COMMENTS AND IT REALLY AMAZES ME THAT EVERY ONE HAS FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GOD ALMIGHTY IS IN CONTROL!! THIS IS GOD OUR FATHER/CREATOR’S WORLD AND UNIVERSE. GOD ALMIGHTY CREATED ALL AND HE EVEN WARNED US IN HIS HOLY WORD THAT THERE WILL BE WARS, EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, ETC BEFORE THE END OF TIME AND BEFORE THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD!!!
WHAT A JOKE THAT PEOPLE REALLY THINK THAT THEY CAN CONTROL GOD’S NATURE AND CLIMATES!!!! WAKE UP PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE BEING BADLY DECEIVED BY OUR GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS!!!! OBUMMER, AL GORE NOR ANY ONE ELSE CAN PLAY GOD AND CONTOL ANY THING OF NATURE NOR CLIMATE NOR ANY THINGS ELSE!!!
GOOD LUCK TO YOU IF YOU BELIEVE AND TRUST THESE JERKS AND CLAIM THEIR IN CONTROL!! GOD WILL DEAL WITH SUCH IN A MOST POWERFUL WAY!!!
I AM SO GLAD THAT MY GOD ALMIGHTY IS IN CONTROL OF MY LIFE AND THAT IM SAFE IN THE PALMS OF GOD MY FATHER/CREATOR THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!
Margaret: Thank you for your bibical insight and that GOD is on the throne and in control. Man on the other hand is in total denial of spiritual truth.
“AMEN”
Listen to Obama, “allah will save you.” You know, “allah”, that brown stuff that comes out of Satan’s butt.
HERE HERE, Margaret! Great post and so true! People will be running blindly to and fro like waves in the ocean until the awesome Day of the Lord is suddenly upon us! Until then, a great national Christian Revival is coming to America and the name of The Lord will be lifted up! Let’s all pray that it will happen soon!
IMO God created the laws of physics which keeps the universe together. Also these geological events follow the laws of physics as do meteorological events God is mot the master “puppeteer”?. We humans and animals are part of Creation and have free will and get to choose how to live. Or have to choose except for those that want to be govt puppets seeking security in an insecure universe. Or live in a place where some person wants to be the big kahuna puppeteer and control everybody. And the climate, thinking of course they are larger than God. God even put his own spin on many things. Including planets? Does anybody know of any puppeteers in PC DC manipulating things? Such as flag removal? It sure isn’t God alive and well in PC DC. Or even the Constitution. It is, roll the dumbs, PC! They have banned Him from their activities. It is against their vision of “the law”.. I think we need more God fearing people I high level govt positions. Enough of these re-election fearing ‘ganstas” trying to make the nation a more perfect disunion with PC as the law of the land. So islam and illegals can just walk right in?
Amen! I pray every day for rhese people.
We Alaskans are never “STUNNED” by volcanic eruptions. They are part of life here. That headline is just an “attention getter” by an uneducated news reported.
Laugh.. And the world laughs with you
Weep..and you weep alone..
For the sad old earth must borrow its
Mirth and has trouble enough of its own.
Wish I’d said that. But for millions of years
The earth has taken care of itself. We are merely a fungus. And when the earth tires of
Us..we’ll all be wiped out.
Not a fungus, we have more in common with a virus. And the Universe is in need of a method to rid herself of us. May she find it…quickly!
I have to agree with AK G-Gma. Earthquakes & volcanic eruptions do not ‘STUN’ many old time Alaskans. !!!!!! That word STUN is just a media word to draw attention !!!