Right now, Spurr is by far more of an issue than Veniaminof for volcanologists. The volcano, located about 75 miles west of Anchorage, is currently in “code yellow” status.

Veniaminof is an ice-clad volcano in the Aleutian Arc of Alaska. It's carefully monitored, but only two of its 13 eruptions since 1993 have been preceded by enough signs to alert observing scientists.

A salvage team is expected to arrive early next week at the scene of a cargo ship that was carrying about 3,000 vehicles to Mexico when it caught fire in waters off Alaska's Aleutian island chain.

Instead, volcanoes have formed the long chain of islands because of the "Hawaiian hot spot". A hot spot is made up of super-heated material deep inside the earth, located in the middle of a plate.

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Arsia Mons, one of the Red Planet's largest volcanoes, peeks through a blanket of water ice clouds in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on May 2, 2025.

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki’s eruption prompted evacuations and flight cancellations to and from Bali and other destinations.

The Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, located on the state's Big Island, underwent two major eruptions in the last few weeks.

Guatemala’s ‘Volcano of Fire’ sends ash, lava flowing as hundreds flee Fiery lava seen flowing from the volcano near the capital as disaster agency issues warning to nearby residents.