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Bogoslof volcano: eruption status today

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No eruption of Bogoslof is being reported right now Last eruption: 1964 or later (NOAA NCEI).

Live status of Bogoslof: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.

Status now
No open report
Last eruption
1964 or later
Elevation
150 m 492 ft
Type
Submarine volcano
Earthquakes within 50 km
1 past 30 days (USGS)
Hot spots within 10 km
0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
Nearest city
Anchorage 1344 km NE

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Is Bogoslof erupting right now?

There is no open NASA EONET event for Bogoslof right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1964 or later. Volcano observatories can raise alert levels before an eruption starts, so check the national observatory for the current alert level.

No satellite thermal hot spot was detected within 10 km of the summit in the latest NASA FIRMS data, so there is no sign of lava at the surface large enough for VIIRS to see (clouds can hide it).

Earthquakes near Bogoslof

USGS located 1 earthquake within 50 km of Bogoslof in the past 30 days, 0 of them in the last week. The largest was M2.8 on Sep 29, 2026, 37 km SSW of the summit at 219 km depth.

0 of them were shallower than 10 km. Swarms of shallow quakes can mean magma or gas is moving, but most swarms end without an eruption; observatories combine them with ground deformation and gas data.

Time (UTC)MagnitudeDistanceDepthLocation
Sep 29, 22:30 UTCM2.837 km SSW219 km86 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska

About Bogoslof

Bogoslof is a submarine volcano in Aleutian Is, United States, rising to 150 m (492 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".

Submarine volcanoes erupt under the sea; shallow ones can produce steam explosions, pumice rafts and discoloured water.

The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Anchorage, 1344 km away.

Flights and volcanic ash

No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Ted Stevens Anchorage, 1337 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.

Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.

Other volcanoes in United States

United States has 58 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now, 2 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Okmok, 56 km away.

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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.