Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska that is believed to have been inactive for at least 800 years. The cause of the earthquakes under Mount Edgecumbe is not known. Dave Schneider, a research seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said that they may not be an indication of volcanic activity. Mount Edgecumbe is located on Kruzof Island, which is west of Sitka. The volcano is part of a larger underwater volcanic field. The area is usually tectonic, not volcanic, so the earthquakes are somewhat unusual. He said that they could be a combination of tectonics and the volcano. There is no need for a lot of concern right now. He said that volcanos have swarms of earthquakes that do not lead to eruption. The earthquakes that were too small to be observed on multiple stations continued Wednesday. "I don't think anyone was aware that those happened," said Mayville, who answered the phone at House of Liquor. There has been no damage from the earthquakes. Mayville said they didn't feel anything. A small number of earthquakes started occurring in 2020 after the volcano observatory analyzed earthquake data near Mount Edgecumbe. There have been about 40 earthquakes in the area in the last two years, but only a few a month. If there were to be eruptive activity, you would expect many earthquakes to be observed. In the last 10,000 years, 90 volcanoes have been active in Alaska. Most are far away from a population center like Sitka, which has about 8,500 residents. There is no written record of Mount Edgecumbe eruption, but there is Tlingit oral history about small eruptions 800 years ago. The last eruption of Mount Edgecumbe was about 4,500 years ago. There is evidence of a large eruption that took place between 13,000 and 14,500 years ago, where up to 3 feet of ash was deposited on what is now Sitka. A fireball exploded in the sky over the country. 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