VONA Weekly
Kamchatkan and
Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 25-12
April 05, 2012, 22:45 UTC (April 06, 10:45 KST)
KVERT IVS FED RAS monitor 30 active volcanoes of Kamchatka and 6 active volcanoes of Northern Kuriles.
KVERT scientists is available in the office from 8:30 AM till 6:00 PM (KST) in the work days and by phone during the evenings.
SUMMARY OF AVIATION COLOR CODES:
KAMCHATKA
Real-time seismic data:
SHEVELUCH and KARYMSKY: ORANGE
KIZIMEN, 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 (IVS FED RAS) 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.
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-effusive 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.
Explosive activity of the volcano continues: visual observation shows ash plumes rose up to 13,100 ft (4.0 km) a.s.l. on March 30 and April 03. According to seismic data, possibly ash plumes rose up to 21,600 ft (6.6 km) a.s.l. each day during last week. Visual and satellite data show, a viscous lava flow continues to effuse into the explosive crater of 2010 eruption, strong and moderate fumarolic activity accompany the lava flow effusion. According to satellite data, ash plumes extended for about 71 mi (114 km) to the west, east and northeast of the volcano on March 29-30 and April 03; a weak thermal anomaly was noting over the lava dome on March 29-31 and April 03.
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; according to seismic data, possible ash plumes rose up to 8,200 ft (2,5 km) a.s.l. all week. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly was registering over the volcano on March 29.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/krm/index.html
KIZIMEN VOLCANO (1000-23)
55°08'N, 160°19'E; Elevation 8,151 ft (2,485 m)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW
Effusive eruption of the volcano continues: the large lava flow effuses on the eastern volcanic flank. Strong gas-steam volcanic activity and moderate hot avalanches accompanies this process. Aerosolic plumes, and small ash plumes from hot avalanches, could affect low-flying aircraft.
Moderate seismic activity of the volcano continues. Video data and satellite imagery showed that the lava flow continues to effusing on the eastern volcanic flank. Hot avalanches and strong gas-steam activity accompany the lava flow effusion. A thermal anomaly over the volcano was noting on March 29-31 and March 03 at satellite images.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current_eng.php?name=Kizimen
BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO (1000-25)
55°58'N, 160°36'E; Elevation 9,455 ft (2,882 m)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW
Moderate activity of the volcano continues. Ongoing activity could affect low-flying aircraft.
Seismic activity was low last week. A viscous lava flow continues to effuse on the southern lava dome slope - strong and moderate gas-steam activity of the volcano accompanies this process. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly was registering over the volcano on March 29-31 and April 03-04; clouds obscured the volcano in the other days of week.
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
Moderate activity of the volcano continues. Ongoing activity could affect low-flying aircraft.
There was not seismic data from February 05 till present by technical reasons. Moderate gas-steam activity of the volcano was observing on March 29-30 and April 04; clouds obscured the volcano in the other days of week. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly was registering over the on March 29.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/grl/index.html
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Dr. Olga Girina, Head of KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: girina@kscnet.ru
Tel. (4152) 29-78-90
Svetlana Droznina, KVERT Project, KB GS RAS
E-mail: sva07@emsd.ru
Tel. (4152) 218-130
WEB CAMERAS IN KAMCHATKA (KIZIMEN VOLCANO, KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO, SHEVELUCH VOLCANO, BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO, GORELY VOLCANO, AVACHINSKY VOLCANO): http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/index_eng.php
The KVERT Project is a cooperative program of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (IVS) FED RAS and the Kamchatkan Branch of Geophysical Survey (KB GS) RAS since 1993. KVERT scientists was available in the office from 8:30 AM till 6:00 PM (KST) 7 days in week in 2005-2011. Now KVERT scientists is available in the office from 8:30 AM till 6:00 PM (KST) in the work days and by phone during the evenings. KVERT (IVS FED RAS) analyses daily satellite imagery; information from remote scientific observation stations; real-time seismic data for 11 Kamchatkan volcanoes (data from KBGS RAS); 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