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US volcano hit by swarm of earthquakes has a 50-50 chance of erupting

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Mount Spurr has been experiencing an unusually high amount of earthquakes over the last 10 months .

The rate of earthquakes has increased from 30 per week to an average of 125 per week , ramping up in early October .

Experts at the Alaska Volcano Observatory believe this seismic activity is being driven by new magma churning beneath the volcano, which could be a sign that it is getting ready to erupt.

The last eruption from the volcano's Crater Peak side vent was in 1992 , when it awoke from 39 years of dormancy after 10 months of elevated seismic activity.

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