News Conference 1:30 pm AKDT/5:30 pm Eastern/Mount Redoubt Volcano Erupts Explosively Overnight and This Morning

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Media Advisory
March 27, 2009 Tom Murray 907-786-7497
Clarice Nassif Ransom 703-648-4356 cransom@xxxxxxxx



Mount Redoubt Volcano Erupts Explosively Overnight and This Morning

Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory will host a news conference at 1:30PM AKDT (5:30PM 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 and yesterday's (March 26) overflight of the volcano.

Mount Redoubt Volcano, 106 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, erupted again explosively last night and this morning.  

Post-eruption photos are 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: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM AKDT/5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EASTERN TIME
Date: March 27, 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.

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