Makushin 1802
Start: 1802 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 3 [2]
Description: Grewingk (1850, translated 2003 by Fritz Jaensch) writes that Langsdorff reported strong earthquakes and fire-eruption of Makushin in 1802.
Langsdorff (1812, translated by Victoria Joan Moessner, 1993) reports that "Unalaska had heavy earthquakes almost every month until 1802, when finally there was an extraordinary earthquake, one never experienced there before, that destroyed several huts. In 1806, they could no longer remember exactly in which month it had happened, so unremarkable is such an exceptional natural event for the inhabitants of that area.
"Since then, the peak of the new island [Bogoslof?] has ceased to burn brightly. The volcano on Unalaska, however, suddenly roared again mightily for the first time in many years. It, as well as the volcano on Unimak and the new island, reciprocally burned and smoked." This report does not state which year the "burning and smoking" occurred in.
Plummer (1898) translates Grewingk as "Makushin active with flames and smoke."
Sapper (1917) is more hesitant about the eruption aspects of this event, and questions the "fire-spewing" notations.
Langsdorff (1812, translated by Victoria Joan Moessner, 1993) reports that "Unalaska had heavy earthquakes almost every month until 1802, when finally there was an extraordinary earthquake, one never experienced there before, that destroyed several huts. In 1806, they could no longer remember exactly in which month it had happened, so unremarkable is such an exceptional natural event for the inhabitants of that area.
"Since then, the peak of the new island [Bogoslof?] has ceased to burn brightly. The volcano on Unalaska, however, suddenly roared again mightily for the first time in many years. It, as well as the volcano on Unimak and the new island, reciprocally burned and smoked." This report does not state which year the "burning and smoking" occurred in.
Plummer (1898) translates Grewingk as "Makushin active with flames and smoke."
Sapper (1917) is more hesitant about the eruption aspects of this event, and questions the "fire-spewing" notations.
References Cited
[1] Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003], 1850
Grewingk, Constantine, 1850, Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003]: Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series 11, Fairbanks, AK, The University of Alaska Press, 242 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] Reported volcanic eruptions in Alaska, Puget Sound, etc., 1690-1896, 1898
Plummer, F. G., 1898, Reported volcanic eruptions in Alaska, Puget Sound, etc., 1690-1896: in Holden, E. S., (ed.), A Catalogue of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Institution Miscellaneous Collections 1087, City of Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, p. 24-27.[4] A voyage around the world 1803-1807 (two volumes in one, translated by Victoria Joan Moessner, 1993), 1812
Langsdorff, G. H., 1812, A voyage around the world 1803-1807 (two volumes in one, translated by Victoria Joan Moessner, 1993): Pierce, R. A., (ed.), Kingston, Ontario, Limestone Press, 281 p.Complete Eruption References
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.
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Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003], 1850
Grewingk, Constantine, 1850, Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003]: Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series 11, Fairbanks, AK, The University of Alaska Press, 242 p.
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Reported volcanic eruptions in Alaska, Puget Sound, etc., 1690-1896, 1898
Plummer, F. G., 1898, Reported volcanic eruptions in Alaska, Puget Sound, etc., 1690-1896: in Holden, E. S., (ed.), A Catalogue of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Institution Miscellaneous Collections 1087, City of Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, p. 24-27.
Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc, 1950
Coats, R. R., 1950, Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 0974-B, p. 35-49, 1 sheet, scale 1:5,000,000.
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Katalog der geschichtlichen vulkanausbruche, 1917
Sapper, Karl, 1917, Katalog der geschichtlichen vulkanausbruche: Strassburg, Germany, Karl J. Trubner, 358 p.
A voyage around the world 1803-1807 (two volumes in one, translated by Victoria Joan Moessner, 1993), 1812
Langsdorff, G. H., 1812, A voyage around the world 1803-1807 (two volumes in one, translated by Victoria Joan Moessner, 1993): Pierce, R. A., (ed.), Kingston, Ontario, Limestone Press, 281 p.
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