After centuries of inactivity, a volcano in the Alaskan panhandle has awakened from dormancy. Scientists have traced a swarm of minor earthquakes around Sitka, Alaska, in 2020 to magma activity ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years.

Alaska has around 90 volcanoes that have been active in the last 10,000 years, mostly in remote areas and not near towns the size of Sitka, which has 8,500 residents. According to the Associated Press ...

Alaska has about 90 volcanoes that have been active in the last 10,000 years, he said. Most are remote and not usually near a population center like Sitka, which has about 8,500 residents.