Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 36-08
Monday, August 11, 2008, 04:20 UTC (Monday, August 11, 17:20 KDT)

 

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

Activity of the volcano increased. Ash explosions up to 10 km (or 32,800 ft.) ASL are possible during next weeks. The activity of the volcano could affect international and low-flying aircraft.

According to seismic data there were registered 4 hot avalanches and 2 shallow volcanic earthquakes at Bezymianny on August 10. Satellite data show extensive growth of thermal anomalies over the dome on August 09-10.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Dmitry Melnikov, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: dvm@kscnet.ru
Tel. (7) 41522 5-8627

Sergey Senyukov, KVERT, KB GS RAS
E-mail: ssl@emsd.ru
Tel. (41522) 59523

John Power, Scientist-in-Charge, AVO
E-mail: jpower@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_eng.php
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