North America and Asia could be affected by bigger eruptions of a volcano on a remote Alaskan island that belched a 15,000-foot-high cloud

why no MSM coverage>? Volcano Activity in USA on Sunday, 05 May, 2013 at 03:47 (03:47 AM) UTC. Air travel between North America and Asia could be affected by bigger eruptions of a volcano on a remote Alaskan island that belched a 15,000-foot-high cloud of smoke on Saturday, according to media reports Sunday.

The explosions at Cleveland volcano, 940 miles southwest of Anchorage on Chuginadak Island in the Aleutian chain, produced gas, steam and low levels of ash and weren’t severe enough to cause a significant threat to planes.

But it did prompt federal aviation officials to reroute some traffic north of the volcano as a precaution, Reuters reported, quoting Rick Wessels, a U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist at the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

The Aleutian chain, part of the “Rim of Fire” of volcanoes ringing the Pacific, is dotted with active volcanoes. There are 90 active volcanoes in the Aleutians and mainland Alaska, according to reports.

[link to www.marketwatch.com] Scientists say there were two or three minor explosions at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano on Saturday morning. The volcano in the Aleutian Islands is 940 miles southwest of Anchorage. The Alaska Volcano Observatory and U.S. Geological Survey say satellites detected a small, low-altitude ash cloud and elevated surface temperatures at the summit. The Federal Aviation Administration said there are no flight restrictions as a result. The volcano's most recent significant eruption began in February 2001 and featured three explosive events that sent ash clouds as high 39,000 feet above sea level. It also produced a rubbly lava flow and hot avalanche that reached the sea. The most recent minor ash emissions were observed in November 2012. [link to hisz.rsoe.hu]

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