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Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic
Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 19-10
Thursday, April 29, 2010, 23:40 UTC (Friday, April 30, 11:40 KDT)
SUMMARY OF AVIATION
COLOR CODES:
KAMCHATKA:
SHEVELUCH, KLYUCHEVSKOY and KARYMSKY: ORANGE
BEZYMIANNY: YELLOW
TOLBACHIK PLOSKY, KORYAKSKY, AVACHINSKY,
GORELY, MUTNOVSKY and KIZIMEN: GREEN
NORTHERN KURILES:
EBEKO,
CHIKURACHKI and ALAID: GREEN
KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO; 56° 03'N, 160° 39'E; Elevation 4,750
m
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Explosive-effusive eruption of the
volcano continues. Ash explosions > 7.0 km (> 23,000 ft) ASL could occur at
any time. The activity of the volcano could affect international and low-flying
aircraft.
Seismicity of the volcano was above background levels all week. According to visual data, Strombolian activity of the volcano continues. An effusion of lava flows on the volcanic flanks continues too. Strong gas-steam plume containing small amount of ash rose up to 7.3 km (23,900 ft) ASL and extending to the west and south-west from the volcano on April 25-27. Moderate gas-steam with small amount of ash activity was observing on April 22. Clouds obscured the volcano in the other days of week. According to satellite data, a big thermal anomaly was registering over the volcano all week. A weak ash plumes extending about 65 km (40 mi) to the west were noted on April 24. Gas-steam plumes extended until 55 km (34 mi) mainly to the west and south-west from the volcano on April 24-27.
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SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: 56°38'N, 161°19'E; Elevation 3,283 m, the
dome elevation ~2,500 m
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Explosive-extrusive eruption of the volcano continues. Ash explosions > 10 km
(> 32,800 ft) ASL could occur at any time. The activity of the volcano could
affect international and low-flying aircraft.
Seismicity was above background levels all week. According to seismic data, possibly ash plumes rose up to 5.7 km (18,700 ft) ASL all week. According to visual data, ash plumes from hot avalanches rose up to 3.0 km (9,800 ft) ASL on April 22-25. Strong and moderate fumarolic activity of the dome was noting on April 22-25. Clouds obscured the volcano in the other days of week. According to satellite data, a big thermal anomaly was registering over the lava dome all week. An ash plumes extending about 60 km (37 mi) to the south-east from the dome was noted on April 28.
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KARYMSKY VOLCANO: 54°03'N, 159°27'E; Elevation 1,486
m
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Explosive activity of the volcano continues. Ash explosions > 6.0 km (> 19,700 ft) ASL could occur at any time. Aactivity of the volcano could affect low-flying aircraft.
Seismic activity of the volcano was above background levels all week. According to seismic data, possibly weak ash plumes rose up to 3.0 km (9,800 ft) ASL last week. A strong seismic event near the volcano was registered on April 28, but ash plumes were not noted in the area of the volcano on the satellite images after this event. According to visual data by volcanologist who work at the area of the volcano, gas-steam plumes containing ash rose up to 3.0 km (9,800 ft) ASL on April 20-21. Strombolian activity of the volcano was observing sometimes at night time. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly was registering over the volcano all week.
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BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55°58'N,
160°36'E; Elevation 2,895 m
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW
Activity of the volcano continues and its aerosolic plumes could affect low-flying aircraft.
Strong volcanic activity of Klyuchevskoy volcano obscured seismic data of Bezymianny last week. Moderate fumarolic activity of the volcano was observed on April 27-28, clouds obscured the volcano in the other days of week. According to satellite data, a weak thermal anomaly over the lava dome was registering all week.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE
CONTACT:
Dr. Olga Girina, KVERT Project, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: girina@kscnet.ru
Tel. (415) 229 7890
Svetlana Toloknova, KVERT Project, KB GS RAS
E-mail: ssl@emsd.ru
Tel. (415) 229 8053
Chris Waythomas, KVERT Project, Acting Scientist-in-Charge,
USGS
E-mail: chris@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