Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 06-09
Thursday, January 27, 2009, 17:00 UTC (Thursday, January 27, 05:00 KST)

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

The activity of the volcano has increased. Ash plumes were noted at the volcano. The activity of the volcano could affect international and low-flying aircraft.

Seismic activity was slightly above background levels on January 26-27. Magnitude of volcanic tremor at the volcano has increased rapidly from 1.22x10-6 mps on January 25 to 15.1x10-6 mps on January 26. After 15 hours the magnitude of volcanic tremor has decreased to normal level. According to visual data, ash plumes rose up to 5.3 km (17,400 ft) ASL on January 26-27 extended to the north-east, east from the volcano was observed. Strombolian activity in the summit crater of Klyuchevskoy volcano was registered on January 26. According to satellite data, ash plumes extended for about 80 km (50 mi) to the east was noted on January 27.


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Sergey Ushakov, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: ushakov@kscnet.ru
Tel. (41522) 58325

Tat`yana Kozhevnikova, KVERT, KB GS RAS
E-mail: ssl@emsd.ru
Tel. (41522) 59523

Dr. 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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