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Report on Cleveland (United States) — 21 June-27 June 2017


Cleveland

Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 21 June-27 June 2017
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert.

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 2017. Report on Cleveland (United States) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 21 June-27 June 2017. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.

Weekly Report (21 June-27 June 2017)

Cleveland

United States

52.825°N, 169.944°W; summit elev. 1730 m

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)


AVO reported that there have been no detections of anomalous seismicity or infrasound at Cleveland since a brief explosion on 16 May. Satellite-based evidence of continuing lava effusion was observed on 7 June but since then surface temperatures had become weaker. On 26 June AVO lowered the Aviation Color Code to Yellow and the Volcano Alert Level to Advisory.

Geological Summary. The symmetrical Mount Cleveland stratovolcano is situated at the western end of the uninhabited Chuginadak Island. It lies SE across Carlisle Pass strait from Carlisle volcano and NE across Chuginadak Pass strait from Herbert volcano. Joined to the rest of Chuginadak Island by a low isthmus, The native name, Chuginadak, refers to the Aleut goddess of fire, who was thought to reside on the volcano. Numerous large lava flows descend the steep-sided flanks. It is possible that some 18th-to-19th century eruptions attributed to Carlisle should be ascribed to Cleveland (Miller et al., 1998). In 1944 it produced the only known fatality from an Aleutian eruption.

Source: US Geological Survey Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)