An eruption at Bogoslof volcano – one of two to erupt in the Aleutian Islands Tuesday – is its first after more than two months of inactivity, causing ash to fall in a nearby community before drifting south over the Pacific Ocean. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Tuesday night’s eruption at the volcano about 60 miles west of Unalaska, which began just after

10:30 p.m. and lasted for 73 minutes, sent a plume to an altitude of 34,000 feet. By midday Wednesday, a lack of further activity caused AVO to lower Bogoslof’s aviation color code to “orange” and its alert level to “watch” — down from the more severe “red” and “warning” levels. Staff cautioned in an update that “(a)dditional ash-producing eruptions could occur at any time, however, with no detectable precursors.” READ MORE