Kamchatkan and
Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 32-11
June 02, 2011, 23:13 UTC (June 03, 2011, 11:13 KDT)
KAMCHATKA
Real-time seismic data:
KIZIMEN, SHEVELUCH and KARYMSKY: ORANGE
BEZYMIANNY and 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
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.
CURRENT CHANGES IN AVIATION COLOR CODE:
KAMCHATKA
AVIATION COLOR CODE OF KLYUCHEVSKOY IS GREEN
KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO (1000-26)
56°03'N, 160°39'E; Elevation 15,580 ft (4,750 m)
CURRENT AVIATION COLOR CODE IS GREEN
PREVIOUS AVIATION COLOR CODE WAS YELLOW
Gas-steam activity of the volcano could affect low-flying aircraft.
Seismic activity of the volcano continues. According to visual data, moderate gas-steam activity was observing on May 30 and June 01, the volcano was obscured by clouds on the other days of week.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/klch/index.html
KIZIMEN VOLCANO (1000-23)
55°08'N, 160°19'E; Elevation 8,151 ft (2,485 m)
CURRENT AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Eruption of the volcano continues. Strong ash explosions up to 32,800 ft (10 km) ASL could occur at any time. Ongoing activity could affect international and low-flying aircraft.
Seismic activity was above background levels all week. Strong volcanic tremor continues to registering: an amplitude of tremor was 8-10*10-6 mps all week. Five volcanic earthquakes were registered on May 28. According to seismic data, possibly ash plume rose up to 19,700 ft (6.0 km) ASL on May 27. A bright thermal anomaly was registering over the volcano all week at satellite images.
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History of Kizimen eruptions is unknown. We have incomplete data about
only one eruption in 1928-1929 which were likely moderate explosive (or
explosive-effusive) events. Tephrachronological data point out several
catastrophic eruptions in evolution of this volcano.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/kzm/index.html
SHEVELUCH VOLCANO (1000-27)
56°38'N, 161°19'E; Elevation 3,283 m, the dome elevation ~8,200 ft
(~2,500 m)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Explosive-extrusive eruption of the volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 32,800 ft (10 km) 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, ash plumes rose up to 15,400-29,500 ft (4.7-9.0 km ) ASL on May 29-31. According to visual data, ash plumes rose up to 32,800 ft (10 km) ASL on May 29-30, and extended to the south from the volcano. Clouds obscured the volcano on May 26-28 and 31, and June 01-02. According to satellite data, long ash cloud extended about 620 mi (1000 km) to the south-west from the volcano on May 30-31; and at 04:00 on May 31 it was near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. A thermal anomaly was registered over the lava dome on May 29-30; clouds obscured the volcano on the other days.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/shv/index.html
KARYMSKY VOLCANO (1000-13)
54°03'N, 159°27'E; Elevation 4,874 ft (1,486 m)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
Explosive activity of the volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 19,700 ft (6 km) ASL could occur at any time. Activity of the volcano could affect low-flying aircraft.
Moderate seismic activity of the volcano continues, possible ash plumes rose up to 10,200 ft (3.1 km) ASL all week. A thermal anomaly was registering over the volcano on May 28-30, and June 01-02. An ash plume extending about 6.2 mi (10 km) to the south-west was noted at satellite images on May 30.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/krm/index.html
BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO (1000-25)
55°58'N, 160°36'E; Elevation 9,455 ft (2,882 m)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW
Effusion of viscous lava flow at the dome slope continues. Small ash plumes from hot avalanches is possible. Ash and aerosol plumes could affect low-flying aircraft.
Seismic activity does not exceed background levels all week. According to visual data, a moderate gas-steam activity of the volcano was observed on May 29-30, on the other days it was obscured by clouds. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly over the lava dome was registering on May 29-30.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/bzm/index.html
GORELY VOLCANO (1000-07)
52°33'N, 158°02'E; Elevation 5,996 ft (1,828 m)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW
Seismic and thermal activity of the volcano remains high. This ongoing
unrest may eventually lead to an explosive eruption. Aerosol plumes
from the volcano could affect low-flying aircraft.
Moderate seismic activity of the volcano continues and weak volcanic tremor was registered at the volcano all week. According to visual data, a moderate gas-steam activity of the volcano was observed on May 29-31 and June 01, on the other days it was obscured by clouds. A weak thermal anomaly over the volcano was registering on May 30. Clouds obscured the volcano on the other days.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/grl/index.html
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:
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) 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) since 1993. 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 11 volcanoes, and other information to monitor activity at Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanoes.
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