Kamchatkan and Northern Kurile Volcanic
Activity
INFORMATION RELEASE 60-06
Sunday, December 24, 2006,
08:30 KDT (20:30 UTC on December 23)
BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55o58'N, 160o36'E; Elevation 2,895
m
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: ORANGE
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: YELLOW
Seismic activity significantly increased. Number of hot
avalanches per day grew from 4-6 previous days till 15 on December 23. An
intensive of thermal anomaly at the lava dome increased last two
days.
There is an explosive eruption of the volcano possibly from
this day till December 31. An explosive eruption can produce ash plumes for
about 15 km (49,200 ft.)ASL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE
CONTACT:
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.