Kamchatkan and Northern Kurile Volcanic
Activity
INFORMATION RELEASE 19-06
Friday, May 7, 2006, 13:15 KDT (00:15
UTC)
BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55o58'N, 160o36'E; Elevation 2,895m
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: ORANGE
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: YELLOWSeismic activity had more increasing. Number of hot avalanches grew from 4-6 last two days till 14 on May 06.Numerous shallow earthquakes are recording at
the area of Bezymianny volcano. An intensive fumarolic activity sometimes with small amount of ash and thermal anomaly at the lava dome were registered
during the periods of visibility of the volcano on May 06.
There is an explosive eruption of the volcano possibly during next one or two weeks. An explosive eruption can produce ash plumes for about 8-10 km
(26,000-33,000 ft.)ASL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE
CONTACT:
Olga Girina, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail:
girina@kscnet.ruTel.
(41522) 58627
Tatiana Kozhevnikova, KVERT, KB GS RAS
E-mail:
ssl@emsd.iks.ruTel.
(41522) 59523
Tom Murray, Scientist-in-Charge, AVO
E-mail:
tlmurray@usgs.govTel. 907-786-7497
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 Branch of Geophysical Service(KB 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.
The official web-page of KVERT
(the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FED RAS): http://www.ivs.kscnet/ivs/kvert/index.htmlArchive of daily information KB GS RAS: ftp://emsd.iks.ru/pub/DATA/RTS/Volcanoes