Three volcanoes erupt at the same time in Alaska, in rare phenomena
By Yasemin Saplakoglu - Staff Writer about 15 hours ago
They are currently not a threat to local communities.
A satellite image from 2016 of Mount Pavlof's crater days before erupting. (Image credit: Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images via Getty Images)
Three volcanoes on Alaska's Aleutian islands are erupting simultaneously, but are currently not a threat to local communities, according to recent news reports.
This triple whammy is not common, but it's not unheard of, according to NBC News. "Alaska has a lot of volcanoes, and we typically see maybe one eruption every year, on average," Matthew Loewen, a research geologist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory, told NBC News. "To have three erupting at once is less common, but it does happen."
It's been at least seven years since three volcanoes erupted at once in Alaska, Loewen told NBC News.
The three volcanoes — Pavlof, Great Sitkin and Semisopochnoi — are all under a code "orange" alert, which means that the volcano has the potential to erupt or eruptions are underway with minor ash emissions, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Two others are under a code "yellow" alert, meaning that they are showing signs of unrest.
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