Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic
Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 64-07
Wednesday, December 19, 2007,
19:30 UTC (Thursday, December 20, 07:30 KST)
SHEVELUCH VOLCANO:
56°38'N, 161°19'E;
Elevation 3,283 m, the dome elevation ~2,500
m.
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS RED
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN
COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
According to satellite data, new explosive event at
Sheveluch volcano occurred ~ at 05:30 UTC on December 19. Ash cloud is moving
> 300 km to the south-west from the volcano to the Central Kamchatka for this
time. Puff the cloud is at 6-8 km ASL. Possibly the explosive eruption of the
volcano will 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.
Strong culmination explosive eruption of the lava
dome of Young Sheveluch volcano occurred in 1993, 2001, 2004 and two in
2005.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS,
PLEASE CONTACT:
Olga Girina, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail:
girina@kscnet.ru
Tel. (41522) 58627
Tatiana Kozhevnikova, 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.