Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 30-08
Friday, July 11, 2008, 22:30 UTC (Saturday, July 12, 11:30 KDT)

BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55°58'N, 160°36'E; Elevation 2,895 m
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS YELLOW

Seismic activity of the volcano increased. An explosive eruption with ash plumes up to 10 km (or 32,800 ft.) ASL is possible.

Intermittent volcanic tremor was registered from 06:00 to 11:30 UTC on July 11. Shallow volcanic earthquakes is registering till present time. According to data of volcanologists from the region of Bezymianny hot avalanches and strong fumarolic activity were observed. According to satellite data, a weak thermal anomaly was noted over the dome on July 11.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Alexander Manevich, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: mag@kscnet.ru
Tel. (41522) 58325

Svetlana Toloknova, KVERT, KB GS RAS
E-mail: ssl@emsd.iks.ru  
Tel. (41522) 59523

Christina Neal, Scientist-in-Charge, AVO
E-mail: tneal@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.

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