Kamchatkan and Northern Kurile Volcanic
Activity
INFORMATION RELEASE 57-06
Tuesday, December 19, 2006, 12:45 KST
(00:45 UTC)
SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: 56œ38'N, 161œ19'E;
Elevation 3,283 m, the dome elevation ~2,500 m.
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN
COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Activity of the volcano
continues. Ash explosions up to 10 km (32,800 ft.) ASL could occur at any time.
The activity of the volcano could affect international and low-flying aircraft.
Growth of the lava dome continues.
Seismic activity was above background
levels last two weeks. Shallow earthquakes are registered at the volcano.
According to visual and video data, two separate ash plumes rose up to 10.0 km
(32,800 ft) ASL and extended to the north-west on December 16 and 17. According
to satellite data (AVO, KVERT, KB GS RAS), ash clouds extended > 500 km (310
mi) to the east and north-east from the volcano these days.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE
CONTACT:
Olga Girina, KVERT, IVS FED
RAS
E-mail: girina@kscnet.ruTel. (41522)
58627
Sergey Senyukov, 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 Survey (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.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/index.htmlArchive of daily information KB GS RAS: http://emsd.iks.ru/~ssl/Volcanoes/