Novarupta reported activity

Event Name : Novarupta 1949/5

Start:	May 19, 1949	Observed
Stop:	May 19, 1949	Observed

Remobilized tephra - no eruption:

Eruption Type:	Not an eruption.
Duration:	2 hours

Description: Eicher and Rousefell (1957) give the following account of a 1949 eruption at Novarupta: "Following a long period of dormancy Novarupta erupted violently for approximately two hours on May 19, 1949, a heavy outfall of ash being carried down Shelikof Strait by a westerly wind (observed by senior author)." However, Hildreth (1983) states: "Published compilations notwithstanding, there are no credible reports of historic eruptions in the Katmai group except at Novarupta in 1912 and at Trident in 1953 - 1968." The ash seen by Eicher was probably remobilized from the 1912 eruption.