Wrangell reported activity

Event Name : Wrangell 1899/9

Start:

September 3, 1899

Observed

Lava flow:
Tephrafall:
Central eruption:
Phreatic:

Eruption Type:	Explosive
MaxVEI:	2

Description: From Motyka (1983): "An eruption of Mount Wrangell, during the Icy Bay earthquake (magnitude 8.3) of September 4, 1899 was recorded by the chief quartermaster, and by the head guide of an expedition mapping the Copper Center region (Abercrombie, 1900). Both men claimed they saw an eruptive plume over the summit and lava flowing down the northwest flank immediately following the earthquake. Icy Bay is located 260 km southeast of Mount Wrangell." The guide, A.M. Powell, reported that Mount Wrangell steamed profusely just after a great earthquake and continued to 'smoke with unusual animation for the rest of the season' (Abercrombie, 1900)."

Miller and others (1998) write that "Photographs of the ash covered summit of Mt. Wrangell that appear in the reports of Mendenhall and Schrader (1903) and Mendenhall (1905) may reflect an increase in activity following the September 3, 1899 Yakutat earthquake."