Media Advisory
Contacts:
Tom Murray, 907-786-7497
Hannah Hamilton, 703-648-4356
Mount Redoubt Volcano Continues to Erupt Explosively
Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory will host a news conference at 12:00PM AKDT (4PM EASTERN TIME) at the USGS Alaska Science Center in the Glenn Olds Hall Conference Room, Anchorage, AK, to discuss the continuing eruption of Mount Redoubt Volcano.
Mount Redoubt Volcano, 106 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, erupted explosively March 22, 2009, at approximately 10:38 PM AKDT, and has had a total of 6 explosive events that have sent ash more than 50,000 feet into the air, including one Monday evening at 7:41 PM AKDT.
Post-eruption photos are now available on the Web at: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php.
Listen to a podcast interview with the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar about Mount Redoubt Volcano’s eruption which was taped on March 23, 2009, and can be accessed at: http://www.doi.gov/news/audio/podcasts/index.html
Who: Media
What: AVO Redoubt Volcano eruption update
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM AKDT/4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EASTERN TIME
Date: March 24, 2009
Call-in: 877-953-4172
Participant Code: 8654249#
Place: USGS Alaska Science Center
Glenn Olds Hall
Glenn Olds Conference Room
4210 University Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
AVO’s dynamic website (http://www.avo.alaska.edu) contains extensive information about present and past volcanic activity in Alaska and is increasingly popular as a destination for real-time data about Alaska’s restless volcanoes.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory is a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. The USGS provides science for a changing world. For more information, visit www.usgs.gov. Subscribe to receive the latest USGS news releases at http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/list_server.asp.
