Report on Takawangha (United States) — 18 January-24 January 2017
Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 18 January-24 January 2017
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert.
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 2017. Report on Takawangha (United States) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 18 January-24 January 2017. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.
Takawangha
United States
51.873°N, 178.006°W; summit elev. 1449 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
AVO reported that an energetic earthquake swarm on Tanaga Island began on 23 January, with earthquakes located 6-7 km ESE of Takawangha volcano, and was possibly due to brittle failure in the surrounding rock caused by magma movement. AVO raised the Aviation Color Code to Yellow and Alert Level to Advisory.
Geological Summary. Takawangha is a youthful volcano with an ice-filled caldera on northern Tanaga Island, near the western end of the Andreanof Islands. It lies across a saddle from historically active Tanaga volcano to the west; older, deeply eroded volcanoes lie adjacent to the east. The summit of the dominantly basaltic to basaltic-andesite volcano is largely ice covered, with the exception of five Holocene craters that during the last few thousand years produced explosive eruptions and lava flows that reached the lower flanks. No historical eruptions are known, although radiocarbon dating indicates explosive eruptions have occurred within the past several hundred years.
Source: US Geological Survey Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)