Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 70-09
Thursday, December 17, 2009, 01:45 UTC (13:45 KST)

KAMCHATKA:

BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55°58'N, 160°36'E; Elevation 2,895 m
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS RED

According to seismic data, an explosive eruption of the volcano began at 21: 45 UTC on December 16 and continues at present. Probably ash plumes rose > 10.0 km (>32,800 ft) ASL. The activity of the volcano could affect international and low-flying aircraft.

Seismic activity of the volcano continues. No visual and video data because the volcano obscured by clouds. According to data by AMC Yelizovo, ash plumes can extend to the west and north-west from the volcano. Strong ash fall occurred at Kozyrevsk village from 22:20 till 23:30 UTC on December 16 but a thickness of ash deposits was ~2 mm. Weak ash fall occur at Kozyrevsk at present time. According to satellite data (NOAA-18, 4m5, 00:56 UTC, December 17), an ash plume extended about 170 km (105 mi) to the north-west from the volcano.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:

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

Sergey Senyukov, 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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