Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 19-11
April 11, 2011, 04:00 UTC (April 11, 2011, 16:00 KST)

KAMCHATKA
Real-time seismic data:
KIZIMEN, SHEVELUCH, KARYMSKY and BEZYMIANNY: ORANGE
GORELY: YELLOW
KLYUCHEVSKOY, TOLBACHIK PLOSKY, USHKOVSKY, KORYAKSKY, AVACHINSKY, MUTNOVSKY: 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:
KAMCHATKA
AVIATION COLOR CODE OF BEZYMIANNY IS ORANGE

BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO (1000-25)
55°58'N, 160°36'E; Elevation 9,455 ft (2,882 m)
CURRENT AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
PREVIOUS AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW 

Growth of the lava dome of the volcano continues and next explosive eruption of the volcano is preparing. Ash explosions up to 10 km (32,800 ft) ASL could occur at any time. Activity of the volcano could affect international and low-flying aircraft.

Moderate seismic activity of the volcano increased, weak volcanic earthquakes continue to be registered. According to satellite data, size and intensity of the thermal anomaly is increasing during last several days.
Previous eruption of Bezymianny volcano occurred on May 31, 2010. Ash plumes rose up to 8-10 km (26,240-32,800 ft) ASL, ash clouds and pyroclastic flows were formed as a result of eruption.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/bzm/index.html

BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER 2010, KVERT WILL ASSIGN 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 EXAMINED 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.

INFORMATION ABOUT VOLCANOES OF KAMCHATKA AND THE NORTHERN KURILES:
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/volcanoes/index_eng.html

WEB CAMERAS IN KAMCHATKA:

KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO: http://data.emsd.iks.ru/videokry/kly.jpg , http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/video_camera/Klyu.html
SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: http://data.emsd.ru/videokry/svl.jpg
BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: http://data.emsd.iks.ru/videokzy/videokzy.htm
AVACHINSKY VOLCANO: http://data.emsd.iks.ru/videokry/capture.jpg
GORELY VOLCANO: http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/video_camera/gorely/index.html

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Alexander Manevich, KVERT Project, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: mag@kscnet.ru
Tel. (4152) 29-78-90

Svetlana Droznina, KVERT Project, KB GS RAS
E-mail: ssl@emsd.ru
Tel. (4152) 431-831

Dr. John Power, KVERT Project, USGS
E-mail: jpower@usgs.gov
Tel. (907) 786-7426

The KVERT Project 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