Kamchatkan
and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT
INFORMATION RELEASE 37-08
Monday,
August 11, 2008, 22:00 UTC (Tuesday, August 12, 11:00
KDT)
BEZYMIANNY
VOLCANO: 55œ58'N, 160œ36'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, size and temperature of the thermal anomaly over the
dome have significantly increased during last two days. An explosive eruption
with ash plumes up to 10 km (or 32,800 ft.) ASL is possible during next week.
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; 9 hot avalanches on August 11. Satellite
data show significant growth of thermal anomaly over the dome on August 09-11,
temperature of the thermal anomaly has increased till critical
value.
IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Nataliya
Malik, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail:
malik@kscnet.ru
Tel.
9246951945
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