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Event Name : Kiska 1987/4

This is a questionable event.

Start:April 15, 1987 Observed

Tephra plume: BibCard
Eruption Type:Explosive

Description: Miller and others (1998): "On April 15, 1987, a narrow, drifting plume located 60 km east of Kiska Island, was observed on satellite imagery and is inferred to have originated at Kiska volcano (Smithsonian Institution, 1987)."

Smithsonian Institution, 1987: 04/87 (SEAN 12:04) Plume on satellite image

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