Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic
Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 24-07
Sartuday, June 08, 2007,
21:15 UTC (June 09, 10:15 KDT)
CURRENT CHANGES IN COLOR
CODE:
KARYMSKY NOW AT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
KARYMSKY
VOLCANO: 54œ03'N, 159œ27'E; Elevation 1,486 m.
CURRENT LEVEL OF
CONCERN COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE WAS YELLOW
An eruption of the
volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 6 km (or 19,700 ft.) ASL are
possible at any time. The activity of the volcano could affect low-flying
aircraft in the vicinity of the volcano.
Seismic activity is above background levels on June 08.
According to seismic data, a possibly ash explosion rose up to
3800m (~12400ft) ASL at 15:13 UTC on June 08. From 15:13 UTC on June
08 till present time there are strong seismic events, indicating possible
ash-gas explosions or avalanches. Opaque clouds with 6-8 km ASL
height obscure this eruption of Karymsky.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE
CONTACT:
Sergey Ushakov, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail:
ushakov@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 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 Kuriles
Volcanoes.
The official web-page of KVERT (the Institute of
Volcanology and Seismology FED RAS): http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/index.html
Archive of daily information KB GS RAS: ftp://emsd.iks.ru/pub/DATA/RTS/Volcanoes
KVERT Information Releases at the web-page of AVO (Alaska Volcano
Observatory): http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/avoreport.php?view=kaminfo