Mount Spurr, which scientists say is likely to erupt in the coming weeks or months, is about 80 miles west of Anchorage. But ...

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Alaska’s Mount Spurr is about to erupt. Be ready. That’s the current message from the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Continued unrest at the volcano roughly 75 miles west of Anchorage within the ...

Mount Spurr, a 11,000-foot-tall volcano that sits just 81 miles from the largest city in the state, is due to blow this year for the first time in 30 years. City officials in Anchorage have raised ...

Anchorage, Alaska - Alaska’s Mount Spurr volcano continues to show signs of unrest, and that has led to an alert level increase in the city of Anchorage as fears of an impending eruption grow.

On March 7, Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall stratovolcano that sits 81 miles west of Anchorage, began releasing elevated levels of gas from its summit and a side vent that last erupted in 1992.

In the days since scientists warned that Mount Spurr, Anchorage’s closest volcano, is likely to erupt within “the next few weeks to months,” Southcentral Alaska residents have snapped into ...

A volcano near Alaska's largest city is likely to erupt soon. Scientists say Mount Spurr — about 80 miles from Anchorage — is becoming more seismically active, spewing large amounts of ...

Jim Anderson, ASD's Chief Operation Officer, talked about the preparations the Anchorage School District has made for Mount Spurr's eruption at Dimond High School on March 21, 2025. Anchorage ...