Renowned for its wild and rugged landscapes, Alaska is home to lots of spectacular scenery, with endless forests found alongside towering mountain ranges. As the state lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire (a very seismically active region) it also boasts mor
Katmai(Alaska Peninsula, USA) Great Sitkin(United States, Aleutian Islands) Spurr(Cook Inlet, SW Alaska) Mexico, Central America and Carribean: Popocatépetl(Central Mexico) Santiaguito(Guatemala) Fuego(Guatemala) Masaya(Nicaragua) ...
A tool for downloading Planet Labs imagery thumbnails for Alaska volcanoes satellite-imageryvolcanoes UpdatedSep 26, 2024 Python This project showcases an interactive web-based visualization of global volcanic activity, highlighting the Volcanic Explosivity Index, casualties, and economic impacts. It featur...
Pavlof is located near the western end of the Alaska Peninsula. The convergent boundary between the North America Plate and the Pacific Plate is located to the south and east of Pavlof as shown on the map above. The North America Plate is moving in a southerly direction, and the Pacific Pl...
Cleveland Volcano - Last eruption May 2017 - USA/Alaska Fagradalsfjall - Last eruption March 2021 ongoing - Iceland Program code and animations byOgo Bob Source:Wikipedia On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and most are found underwater. Fo...
16 km S of Womens Bay, Alaska 3.1 1985 miles Wed, Jan-29-2025 10:59:04 PST map 42 km W of Petrolia, CA 2.5 485 miles Wed, Jan-29-2025 10:38:18 PST map 50 km W of Petrolia, CA 2.2 490 miles Wed, Jan-29-2025 10:33:17 PST map 25 km WNW of Clayton, Idaho 2.8 234 mil...
In Alaska, scores of volcanoes and strange lava flows have escaped scrutiny for decades, shrouded by lush forests and hidden under bobbing coastlines. In the past three years, 12 new volcanoes have been discovered in Southeast Alaska, and 25 known volcanic vents and lava flows re-evaluated, tha...
The caldera at Kaguyak Volcano, in Alaska, is about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) in diameter. Photo courtesy USGS Volcanic activity can also produce other interesting structures, such as calderas and lava domes. Calderas, large crater-shaped basins, form when eruptions drain a magma chamber and the...
The SI/USGSmap of volcanoes discussed this week. New activity/unrest:Iliamna (Alaska, USA), Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia). Ongoing activity:Cleveland (Alaska, USA), Etna (Italy), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kizimen (Russia), Popocatépetl (Mexico, Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile)...
Earthquakes in the past 7 days of magnitude 2.0 or greater within 2000 miles Update time = Sat, Feb-01-2025 15:32:24 PST Epicenter Near↑↓↑↓Magnitude↑↓↑↓Distance to Epicenter↑↓↑↓TimeLink 23 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska 2.0 1892 miles Sat, Feb-01-2025 15:24:06 PST map 22...