Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected beneath Mount Spurr in the past week, increasing the odds of an eruption at the ...

An active volcano near Alaska's most populated city could be on the brink of eruption, according to scientists who are constantly monitoring a potential threat.

A volcano near Alaska's most populous city is showing signs it could be headed toward an eruption, officials said.

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected beneath Mount Spurr in the past week, increasing the odds of an eruption.

Mount Spurr, whose volcanic ash darkened Anchorage’s skies in 1953 and 1992, may be building toward another eruption, according to a statement issued Thursday by the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) stated on February 7 that an eruption would "most likely" occur at the Crater Peak vent, not the Spurr summit. Newsweek reached out to AVO via email for comment.

Volcanologists are closely monitoring the 11,070-foot-tall stratovolcano, located roughly 75 miles from Anchorage, after a recent uptick in earthquakes ...

This Alaska volcano is gonna blow!...Or, is it? - Mount Spurr’s last eruption occurred in 1992, sending ash over the heavily ...