Kamchatkan and Northern
Kurile Volcanic Activity
INFORMATION RELEASE 61-06
Sunday, December 24,
2006, 14:40 KDT (02:40 UTC)
BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55o58'N,
160o36'E; Elevation 2,895 m
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: RED
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: ORANGE
Seismic activity significantly increased.
Series of ash explosions and ash avalanches began from 23:52 UTC on December 23.
Ash plumes rose up to 6.0 km (19,700 ft) ASL and extended to the north-east from
the volcano.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE
CONTACT:
Olga Girina, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail:
girina@kscnet.ru
Tel. (41522) 58627
Irina Nuzhdina, KVERT,
KB GS RAS
E-mail: ssl@emsd.iks.ru
Tel. (41522) 59523
Tom Murray,
Scientist-in-Charge, AVO
E-mail: tlmurray@usgs.gov
Tel.
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.