Alaskan volcano near Anchorage may erupt in coming weeks, experts warn

Alaska’s Mount Spurr, a snow-covered volcano 75 miles outside Anchorage, is showing signs it could erupt soon, experts warned.

Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said the volcano will likely erupt in the coming weeks or months, according to an AVO statement posted Wednesday to the U.S. Geological Survey’s website.

“The current unrest at Mount Spurr indicates that new magma has intruded into the Earth’s crust beneath the volcano and that the probability of an eruption has increased,” the AVO statement said. “It is likely that magma has been accumulating beneath Mount Spurr’s summit for some months. The recent gas data suggest that a new pathway towards the Crater Peak vent has opened and that fresh magma may rise and erupt there.”

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