Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 59-10
November 09, 2010, 02:20 UTC (13:20 KST)
KAMCHATKA
Real-time seismic data:
SHEVELUCH and KARYMSKY: ORANGE
KLYUCHEVSKOY, GORELY and BEZYMIANNY: YELLOW
TOLBACHIK PLOSKY, USHKOVSKY, KORYAKSKY,
AVACHINSKY, MUTNOVSKY and KIZIMEN: GREEN
No seismic data:
ICHINSKY, VYSOKY, GAMCHEN, KOMAROV, KRONOTSKY, KRASHENINNIKOV, KIKHPINYCH, TAUNSHITS, MALY SEMYACHIK, ZHUPANOVSKY, OPALA, KSUDACH, ZHELTOVSKY, ILIINSKY, KOSHELEV, KAMBALNY, DIKII GREBEN, KHODUTKA and KHANGAR: GREEN
NORTHERN KURILES (no seismic data):
EBEKO, CHIKURACHKI, ALAID, TATARINOV, FUSS PEAK and KARPINSKY: GREEN
CURRENT CHANGES IN AVIATION COLOR CODE:
AVIATION COLOR CODE OF KLYUCHEVSKOY : YELLOW
KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO; 56° 03'N, 160° 39'E; Elevation 4,750 m (15,580 ft)
CURRENT AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW
PREVIOUS AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Fumarolic activity of the volcano continues. Aerosol plumes could affect low-flying aircraft.
The long explosive-effusive eruption of the volcano (from last August 2009 till November 2010) finished on November 04.
Seismicity of the volcano continues to decrease: a magnitude of volcanic tremor was changing from 6.0 mps on November 04, till 1.0-1.3 mps on November 04-07. According to visual data, only fumarolic activity of the volcano was observing on November 04-09. A thermal anomaly over the volcanic crater and ash plumes from the volcano do not registering on satellite images from November 04.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/klch/index.html
SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: 56°38'N, 161°19'E; Elevation 3,283 m, the dome elevation ~2,500 m (~8,200 ft)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Explosive-extrusive eruption of the volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 10 km (or 32,800 ft) ASL could occur at any time. Ongoing activity could affect international and low-flying aircraft.
Moderate seismic activity of the volcano continues. According to seismic data, possibly, ash plumes rose up to 5.8 km (19,000 ft) ASL on October 31 and November 01 and 04. According to visual data, strong gas-steam activity of the volcano was observed on November 01-02; clouds obscured the volcano on the other days of week. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly was registered over the volcano all week. Ash plumes extended about 400 km (248 mi) to the south-east from the volcano on October 31 and November 01.
Pyroclastic flow deposits from the large explosive eruption on October 27, 2010, were detected on November 01, on the east-south-eastern flank of the volcano on satellite images. A run out of pyroclastic flow was about 15 km (9 mi).
According to the visual data by volcanologists, why inspected deposits of pyroclastic flow on November 02, the pyroclastic flow annihilated a forest into the valley of Bekesh River. A distance between a front of deposits of pyroclastic flow and the bridge at Bekesh River was about 5.5 km (3.4 mi). More then a half of the lava dome edifice was destroyed during the eruption on October 27, 2010.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/shv/index.html
KARYMSKY VOLCANO: 54°03'N, 159°27'E; Elevation 1,486 m (4,874 ft)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Explosive activity of the volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 6.0 km (or 19,700 ft) ASL could occur at any time. Activity of the volcano could affect low-flying aircraft.
Seismicity of the volcano was above background levels all week. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly was registered over the volcano on October 30-31 and November 01; clouds obscured the volcano on the other days of week.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/krm/index.html
GORELY VOLCANO: 52°33'N, 158°02'E; Elevation 1,828 m (5,996 ft)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW
Seismic and thermal activity of the volcano remains high. This ongoing unrest may eventually lead to an explosive eruption. At present, aerosol plumes from the volcano could affect low-flying aircraft.
Seismicity of the volcano was above background levels all week, volcanic tremor continues to records. According to visual data, weak or moderate gas-steam activity of the volcano was observed on October 28-30 and November 01; clouds obscured the volcano on the other days of week.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/grl/index.html
BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55°58'N, 160°36'E; Elevation 2,895 m (9,455 ft)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW
Grows of the lava dome of the volcano continues and aerosol plumes could affect low-flying aircraft.
Strong volcanic activity of Klyuchevskoy volcano obscured seismic data of Bezymianny all week. According to visual data, moderate gas-steam activity of the volcano was observed on November 02-04. Clouds obscured the volcano on the other days of week.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/bzm/index.html
KVERT ASSIGNES AN AVIATION COLOR CODE FOR 22 ADDITIONAL VOLCANOES OF KAMCHATKA AND THE NORTHERN KURILES.
THESE VOLCANOES ARE NOT PRESENTLY MONITORED WITH SEISMIC INSTRUMENTS HOWEVER KVERT SCIENTISTS EXAMINE SATELLITE INFORMATION EACH DAY TO LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF VOLCANIC UNREST SINCE 2002. NOT ALL OF THESE VOLCANOES HAD ERUPTIONS IN HISTORICAL TIME, HOWEVER THEY ARE POTENTIALLY ACTIVE AND THEREFORE ARE OF CONCERN TO AVIATION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE VOLCANOES, PLEASE SEE THE KVERT WEB SITE: http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/index_eng.php
CATALOGUE OF ACTIVE VOLCANOES: http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/volcanoes/index_eng.html
KVERT AND KB GS RAS OPERATE A NUMBER OF WEB CAMERAS IN KAMCHATKA. PLEASE UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS:
KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO: http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/video_camera/Klyu.html , http://data.emsd.iks.ru/videokry/kly.jpg
SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: http://data.emsd.ru/videokry/svl.jpg
BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: http://data.emsd.iks.ru/videokzy/videokzy.htm
KORYAKSKY VOLCANO: http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/video_camera/koryak/koryak.htm
AVACHINSKY VOLCANO: http://data.emsd.iks.ru/videokry/capture.jpg
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Dr. Olga Girina, KVERT Project, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: girina@kscnet.ru
Tel. (4152) 29-78-90
Sergey Senyukov, KVERT Project, KB GS RAS
E-mail: ssl@emsd.ru
Tel. (4152) 29-80-53
Dr. John Power, KVERT Project, Acting Scientist-in-Charge,
USGS
E-mail: jpower@usgs.gov
Tel. (907) 786-7426
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:
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