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Kamchatkan and Northern Kurile Volcanic Activity
INFORMATION RELEASE 35-05
Thursday, June 23, 2005, 10:20 KDT (21:20 UTC on June 22)

KARYMSKY VOLCANO: 54o03'N, 159o27'E; Elevation 1,486 m.
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS ORANGE.
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE WAS YELLOW.

Seismic activity of the volcano has increased from ~19:00 UTC on June 22. Possible weak ash-gas plumes and hot avalanches occur at the volcano. The danger of a sudden explosion or series of explosions of ash up to 4 km (or 16,500 ft.) ASL exists. An ash fall within a few tens of km around the volcano is also possible.

The Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) is a non-commercial
cooperative program of the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO, USA), the
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (IVS) FED RAS and the Kamchatkan
Experimental and Methodical Seismological Department (KEMSD) GS RAS
(Russia). KVERT staff is available in the office from 8:30 AM till 6:00 PM
(KST or KDT) and by phone during the evenings. KVERT uses daily satellite
imagery, information from remote scientific observation stations, real-time
seismic data for 10 volcanoes, and other information to monitor activity at
Kamchatkan and Northern Kurile Volcanoes.