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Veniaminof volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Veniaminof is being reported right now Last eruption: 1964 or later; last significant eruption -1750 (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Veniaminof: 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 last significant: -1750
- Elevation
- 2,507 m 8,225 ft
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 23 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Anchorage 783 km NE
Is Veniaminof erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Veniaminof right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1964 or later, and the last eruption in its significant-eruption database was in -1750. 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 Veniaminof
USGS located 23 earthquakes within 50 km of Veniaminof in the past 30 days, 5 of them in the last week. The largest was M2.5 on Sep 29, 2026, 35 km SE of the summit at 73 km depth.
12 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) | Magnitude | Distance | Depth | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 18:42 UTC | M-0.1 | 9 km SSE | 11 km | 22 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 22, 18:42 UTC | M0.9 | 19 km NNE | 142 km | 35 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska |
| Oct 22, 14:44 UTC | M2.2 | 33 km ENE | 94 km | 6 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska |
| Oct 20, 00:56 UTC | M1.8 | 49 km SSW | 5 km | 21 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 20, 00:55 UTC | M2.3 | 43 km SW | 8 km | 25 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 17, 12:34 UTC | M2.4 | 41 km SW | 9 km | 26 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 16, 09:09 UTC | M2.3 | 34 km ESE | 83 km | 21 km NE of Perryville, Alaska |
| Oct 14, 09:27 UTC | M-0.0 | 7 km NNW | 7 km | 36 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 14, 06:40 UTC | M1.6 | 44 km SW | 7 km | 20 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 12, 13:29 UTC | M-0.3 | 12 km WSW | 4 km | 23 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 12, 10:37 UTC | M0.4 | 9 km NNE | 6 km | 35 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska |
| Oct 10, 16:57 UTC | M1.8 | 45 km SE | 83 km | 20 km E of Perryville, Alaska |
| Oct 8, 06:24 UTC | M0.0 | 16 km SSW | 9 km | 14 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 6, 12:52 UTC | M2.2 | 41 km SW | 12 km | 21 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 4, 21:51 UTC | M0.5 | 4 km NNE | 1 km | 34 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 2, 12:20 UTC | M0.4 | 18 km NNE | 7 km | 30 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska |
| Oct 2, 08:07 UTC | M1.9 | 42 km SSW | 9 km | 16 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 2, 06:36 UTC | M2.3 | 39 km SW | 14 km | 17 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Oct 1, 08:09 UTC | M1.8 | 42 km SSE | 73 km | 10 km SE of Perryville, Alaska |
| Sep 29, 22:59 UTC | M2.0 | 39 km SW | 7 km | 17 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Sep 29, 15:31 UTC | M2.5 | 35 km SE | 73 km | 5 km E of Perryville, Alaska |
| Sep 26, 05:03 UTC | M0.7 | 5 km NW | 21 km | 32 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska |
| Sep 25, 23:11 UTC | M2.4 | 39 km ENE | 94 km | 1 km SW of Chignik Lake, Alaska |
About Veniaminof
Veniaminof is a stratovolcano in Alaska Peninsula, United States, rising to 2,507 m (8,225 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
Stratovolcanoes are steep cones built from alternating lava and ash layers; their eruptions are often explosive, with ash columns that can reach cruising altitude.
The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Anchorage, 783 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Ted Stevens Anchorage, 776 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 Kupreanof, 31 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.