Akutan 1990/1

Start: January 22, 1990 ± 8 Days [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Max VEI: 2 [2]

Event Characteristics:
  • Tephra plume [1]
  • Central eruption [1]

Description: From Reeder (1993): "Mark Owen of Trident Seafood Corporation in Akutan village reported several short lived and small tephra plumes rising from the summit tephra cone in the Akutan Volcano summit caldera for several days during the latter part of January 1990. The exact date of this activity is unknown."

References Cited

[1] Akutan, 1993

Reeder, J. W., 1993, Akutan: in Annual report of the world volcanic eruptions in 1990, Bulletin of Volcanic Eruptions, v. 30, p. 61-62.

[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.

Complete Eruption References

Akutan, 1993

Reeder, J. W., 1993, Akutan: in Annual report of the world volcanic eruptions in 1990, Bulletin of Volcanic Eruptions, v. 30, p. 61-62.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet

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