Kamchatkan and Northern Kurile
Volcanic Activity
INFORMATION RELEASE 64-06
Tuesday, December 26, 2006,
18:12 KDT (6:12 UTC)
SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: 56œ38'N,
161œ19'E; Elevation 3,283 m, the dome elevation ~2,500 m.
CURRENT LEVEL OF
CONCERN COLOR CODE: RED
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR
CODE: ORANGE
Seismic activity has increased. Ash
explosions up to 10 km (32,800 ft.) ASL could occur at any time. The activity of
the volcano could affect international and local aircraft. Growth of the lava
dome continues.
According to seismic and video data, ash plume rose
up to the height more than 10 km (32,800 ft.) ASL at 03:15 UTC on December 26.
Satellite image from AVO ftp-server showed ash cloud at 04:42 UTC . According to
satellite data (NOAA) (4m5 band) at 05:21 UTC on December 26, 2006, ash
plume extended 150 km (93 mi) to the north-east
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Olga Girina, KVERT, IVS FED
RAS
E-mail: girina@kscnet.ruTel. (41522) 58627
Tatyana 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