Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 46-08
Thursday, October 08, 2008, 08:45 UTC (21:45 KDT)

KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO; 56° 03'N, 160° 39'E; Elevation 4,750 m
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS YELLOW

Strombolian activity in the summit crater of Klyuchevskoy volcano was registered by staff of KVERT about 07:00 UTC on October 08. An increase of eruptive activity of the volcano possibly at any time. The activity of the volcano could affect international and low-flying aircraft.

Seismic activity of the volcano was above background levels all week: a lot of volcanic earthquakes and volcanic tremor were registered at the volcano all week. According to visual data, a weak or moderate fumarolic activity of the volcano was observed on October 2-6, clouds obscured the volcano on October 07. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly was registered over the volcano all weak.


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Dr. Olga Girina, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: girina@kscnet.ru
Tel. (41522) 58627

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

Tom Murray, Scientist-in-Charge, USGS
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.

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