An active volcano near Alaska's most populated city could be on the brink of eruption, according to scientists who are constantly monitoring a potential threat.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) stated on February 7 that an eruption would "most likely" occur at the Crater Peak vent, not the Spurr summit. Newsweek reached out to AVO via email for comment.

A volcano in southern Alaska is rumbling with seismic activity, which hints at the possibility that it might soon erupt. Mount Spurr, an 11,070-foot-tall stratovolcano roughly 75 miles from Anchorage,