Cleveland Volcano spits ash 20,000 feet

Published: October 30, 2006 

ALEUTIAN ISLANDS -- An Aleutian Islands volcano erupted Saturday, spitting ash at least 20,000 feet into the sky, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Cleveland Volcano was quiet Sunday. Short eruptions like Saturday's have been typical at the volcano in recent years, the observatory reported. It was the fourth such eruption this year.

Cleveland Volcano is just west of Dutch Harbor, about 940 miles from Anchorage.

-- Anchorage Daily News

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