TUES. 12:50 pm AKDT 4.7.09 – Here is the latest update on the status of Mt. Redoubt, from the Alaska Volcano Observatory:
2009-04-07 12:08:37
The eruption of Redoubt continues with varying intensity of ash and lava production from the summit crater. Visual, satellite, and seismic observations indicate that a lava dome is again forming in the summit crater. A small steam and ash plume has been visible in satellite and radar data today. It is currently extending for about 10 to 15 miles to the southeast of the volcano at an approximate height of 15,000 to 20,000 ft above sea level.
Additional significant explosive events with accompanying ash clouds, ash fall, and mudflows are possible and can occur with little or no warning. AVO will maintain 24/7 operations in order to quickly detect renewed significant explosive activity and other hazardous phenomena.
And…as if Mother Nature hadn’t completed her onslaught for Alaskans in Southcentral, she just added an earthquake to the mix! I am on the 4th floor of a building in Anchorage, and it really shook here! Having been out in “bush Alaska” during the 1964 great earthquake, I was ready to fly outside – except I was down a maze of halls with no way quickly out! I didn’t like that at all! I’m not currently where I can get any reports of damage. I hope my glassware on top my fridge survived!!!
The earthquake was a 4.69 and centered about 16 miles NNE of Anchorage, the states’s largest city. Here are the “official stats” on it from the Alaska Earthquake Information Center:
Preferred Hypocentral Solution:
| Local Date: | Tuesday April 7th, 2009 |
| Local Time: | 12:12 PM AKDT |
| Universal Time: | 04/07/2009 20:12:54.588 UTC |
| Magnitude: | 4.69 ML |
| Latitude: | 61.4292 |
| Longitude: | -149.7347 |
| Depth: | 16 miles (26 km) |
| Author: | oa_op dbg ml |
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/Seis/recent/sub/quakes/2009097_evid99254/evid99254.html
NEVER a dull moment in the far North!!!
1arctic-home “Anchorage Mom”
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