Akutan 1927
Start: 1927 [1]
Stop: 1928 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
- Lava flow [5]
- Steam [5]
- Tephra plume [3]
Description: From Jaggar (1945): Akutan was "smoking and flaming more in 1928 than 1927." Finch (1935) also reported slight earthquakes with rumbles in 1927. Newspaper accounts are more detailed.
From the Warren Tribune, June 6, 1928: "The largest volcanic mountain on Akutan Island was believed to be in eruption today. The motorship Patterson, some distance away, reported to Dutch Harbor that dense clouds of black smoke could be seen rolling from the island."
From the Fairbanks Daily News Miner, June 7, 1928: "Captain Pederson of the motorship Patterson reported that clouds of black smoke and fire are bursting from a new place on the mountain of Akutan on Unalga Pass, while the old vent on the peak, which heretofore has been continually smoking, is quiet."
From the Evening State Journal, July 17, 1928: "Heavy volcanic eruptions on Akutan Island, one of the Aleutian chain, were reported here today by the U.S. coast guard cutter Unalga.
"The inhabitants of native villages on the island are being terrorized by earthquake shocks, the Unalga reported.
"Steam and lava were seen coming from the crater of the volcano on the island, officers of the boat said."
From the Warren Tribune, June 6, 1928: "The largest volcanic mountain on Akutan Island was believed to be in eruption today. The motorship Patterson, some distance away, reported to Dutch Harbor that dense clouds of black smoke could be seen rolling from the island."
From the Fairbanks Daily News Miner, June 7, 1928: "Captain Pederson of the motorship Patterson reported that clouds of black smoke and fire are bursting from a new place on the mountain of Akutan on Unalga Pass, while the old vent on the peak, which heretofore has been continually smoking, is quiet."
From the Evening State Journal, July 17, 1928: "Heavy volcanic eruptions on Akutan Island, one of the Aleutian chain, were reported here today by the U.S. coast guard cutter Unalga.
"The inhabitants of native villages on the island are being terrorized by earthquake shocks, the Unalga reported.
"Steam and lava were seen coming from the crater of the volcano on the island, officers of the boat said."
References Cited
[1] Volcanoes declare war: logistics and strategy of Pacific volcano science, 1945
Jaggar, T. A., 1945, Volcanoes declare war: logistics and strategy of Pacific volcano science: Honolulu, Paradise of the Pacific, Ltd, 166 p.[2] Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition], 1994
Simkin, Tom, and Siebert, Lee, 1994, Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition]: Tucson, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 349 p.[3] Vocano [sic] erupts, 1928
Unknown, 1928, Vocano [sic] erupts: Fairbanks Daily News Miner, June 7, 1928, p. 1.[4] Report volcano in eruption, 1928
UP, 1928, Report volcano in eruption: The Warren Tribune, Warren, PA, June 6, 1928, p. 2.[5] Alaska quakes terrorize many, Akutan Island, one of Aleutian chain, scene of heavy volcanic eruptions, Unalga reports, 1928
UP, 1928, Alaska quakes terrorize many, Akutan Island, one of Aleutian chain, scene of heavy volcanic eruptions, Unalga reports: Evening State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 17, 1928, p. 1.Complete Eruption References
Akutan volcano, 1935
Finch, R. H., 1935, Akutan volcano: Zeitschrift fuer Vulkanologie, v. 16, n. 3, p. 155-160, 4 plates, scale unknown.
Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition], 1994
Simkin, Tom, and Siebert, Lee, 1994, Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition]: Tucson, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 349 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Volcanoes declare war: logistics and strategy of Pacific volcano science, 1945
Jaggar, T. A., 1945, Volcanoes declare war: logistics and strategy of Pacific volcano science: Honolulu, Paradise of the Pacific, Ltd, 166 p.
Report volcano in eruption, 1928
UP, 1928, Report volcano in eruption: The Warren Tribune, Warren, PA, June 6, 1928, p. 2.
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Alaska quakes terrorize many, Akutan Island, one of Aleutian chain, scene of heavy volcanic eruptions, Unalga reports, 1928
UP, 1928, Alaska quakes terrorize many, Akutan Island, one of Aleutian chain, scene of heavy volcanic eruptions, Unalga reports: Evening State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 17, 1928, p. 1.
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Vocano [sic] erupts, 1928
Unknown, 1928, Vocano [sic] erupts: Fairbanks Daily News Miner, June 7, 1928, p. 1.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet