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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AFP) — Alaska was on alert Friday as scientists warned that a volcano rumbling near the state's largest city Anchorage was likely to erupt, officials said. Redoubt Volcano, which looms some 3,108 meters (10,200 feet) over a sparsely populated area some 150 kilometers (90 miles) from the city of 280,000 people, has been showing more seismic activity than normal over the past five days. Dave Schneider, a volcanologist at the Alaska Volcano Observatory, told AFP the recent activity pointed to an eruption similar to the last significant blast at the crater in 1989-1990. "The most likely outcome of the current unrest is an eruption similar to what we saw in 1989-1990," Schneider said. "For around 18 hours or so we've had some pretty extensive periods of volcanic tremor. The volcano's been shaking constantly and that's what we'd expect to occur before an eruption actually happens." The observatory said a pilot who scanned the area on...
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