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ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INFORMATION STATEMENT
U.S. Geological Survey
Monday, January 29, 2024, 2:13 PM AKST (Monday, January 29, 2024, 23:13 UTC)


AVO is once again receiving ground-based monitoring data for five volcanoes in the Adak area. The data had been unavailable since January 2 due to a storm-related power failure at our telecommunication link in Adak. Power was restored on January 28, and as a result realtime data flow has been restored. AVO can once again seismically monitor these volcanoes, assess volcanic unrest, and quickly confirm or dismiss reports of activity. 

For Tanaga, Takawangha, and Gareloi, which were previously at UNASSIGNED due to the outage, we are changing the Aviation Color Code and Volcano Alert Level to GREEN/NORMAL. 

Great Sitkin and Kanaga remain at ORANGE/WATCH and YELLOW/ADVISORY, respectively. 



GREAT SITKIN (VNUM #311120)
52°4'35" N 176°6'39" W, Summit Elevation 5709 ft (1740 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: WATCH
Current Aviation Color Code: ORANGE

Aviation color code and alert level remain at ORANGE/WATCH. Local monitoring data restored.



KANAGA (VNUM #311110)
51°55'27" N 177°9'44" W, Summit Elevation 4288 ft (1307 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: ADVISORY
Current Aviation Color Code: YELLOW

Aviation color code and alert level remain at YELLOW/ADVISORY. Local monitoring data restored.



TAKAWANGHA (VNUM #311090)
51°52'1" N 178°1'37" W, Summit Elevation 4754 ft (1449 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN

Aviation color code and alert level changed to GREEN/NORMAL due to restoration of local monitoring data.



TANAGA (VNUM #311080)
51°53'2" N 178°8'35" W, Summit Elevation 5925 ft (1806 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN

Aviation color code and alert level changed to GREEN/NORMAL due to restoration of local monitoring data.



GARELOI (VNUM #311070)
51°47'21" N 178°47'46" W, Summit Elevation 5161 ft (1573 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN

Aviation color code and alert level changed to GREEN/NORMAL due to restoration of local monitoring data.





CONTACT INFORMATION:

Matt Haney, Scientist-in-Charge, USGS mhaney@usgs.gov (907) 786-7497

David Fee, Coordinating Scientist, UAFGI dfee1@alaska.edu (907) 378-5460



The Alaska Volcano Observatory is a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.


Hazard Notification System (HANS) for Volcanoes at volcanoes.usgs.gov/hans2/