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Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes erupt

Sally Furniss

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By Vladimir Isachenkov

Two volcanoes erupted overnight on Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, tossing massive ash clouds kilometres into the air, forcing flights to divert and blanketing one town with thick, heavy ash.

The Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Eurasia's highest active volcano, exploded along with the Shiveluch volcano, 70km to the northeast, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's branch in Kamchatka said, adding that flights in the area had to change course.

Ash clouds from the remote volcanoes billowed up to 10km and were spreading east across the Pacific Ocean, vulcanologist Sergei Senyukov told Rossiya 24 television. Streams of lava flowed down the slopes of Shiveluch.

The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued a notice to pilots that they should remain alert for possible ash clouds, saying emissions have "intermittently complicated air travel" in the area of the Kamchatkan Peninsula.

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Re: Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes erupt

Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes spew giant ash clouds

The Associated Press

Published: October 28th, 2010 09:45 PM
Last Modified: October 28th, 2010 09:45 PM

MOSCOW -- Two volcanoes erupted Thursday on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, tossing massive ash plumes miles into the air, forcing flights to divert and blanketing one town with thick, heavy ash.


On the Alaska side of the border, the Federal Aviation Administration reported no diverted flights due specifically to the ash. The U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Volcano Observatory expected no ash fall in Alaska.

"The latest (report) has the plume out over the Bering Sea, out over the western Aleutian islands," said Kristi Wallace, a volcanologist with the observatory. "I just spoke with somebody out in Adak, and there isn't any ash fall."

Jen Burke, a meteorologist with the Alaska Aviation Weather Unit, said ash from the eruption of Shiveluch and Klyuchevskaya Sopka were moving across the Bering Sea at 25,000 feet. That could put it in the path of planes flying between Asia and North America.

"Right now it's not a difficult area to avoid because it's north of the Aleutian Islands," Burke said. "Planes could fly south of the Aleutian Islands and be perfectly safe."


Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/10/28/1524148/russias-kamchatka-volcanoes-spew.html#ixzz13jFCJ5pW
 
Re: Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes erupt

Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity

KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 54-10
October 28, 2010, 22:20 UTC (October 29, 2010, 10:20 KDT)

SUMMARY OF AVIATION COLOR CODES:

KAMCHATKA:
SHEVELUCH and KLYUCHEVSKOY: RED
KARYMSKY: ORANGE
GORELY and BEZYMIANNY: YELLOW
TOLBACHIK PLOSKY, KORYAKSKY, AVACHINSKY, MUTNOVSKY and KIZIMEN: GREEN

NORTHERN KURILES:
EBEKO, CHIKURACHKI and ALAID: GREEN

SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: 56?39'N, 161?21'E; Elevation 3,283 m, the dome elevation ~2,500 m
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS RED

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.

Separate ash explosions at the volcano continues. Ash plumes rose up to 7 km (23,000 ft) ASL at 17:24-18:09 UTC on October 28. Seismicity of the volcano did not exceed background levels on October 21-25. Seismic activity began to increase on October 26, and the strong paroxysmal explosive eruption of the volcano occurred from 14:00 till 20:40 UTC on October 27. According to satellite data by P. Webley (AVO), an eruptive column rose higher than 12 km (39,360 ft) ASL. A large ash plume was observing in breach in the meteorological clouds at Klyuchi village. Ash falls were noted at Ust-Kamchatsk from 18:00 UTC on October 27 till 03:00 UTC on October 28. The airport and road from Ust-Kamchatsk to Kluchi were closed. The thickness of a layer of ash with snow was about 2 cm at Ust-Kamchatsk. According to satellite data, ash plumes extended > 2,500 km (1,550 mi) to the east from the volcano on October 27-28.http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/shv/index.html

KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO: 56?03'N, 160?39'E; Elevation 4,750 m
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS RED

Explosive-effusive eruption of the volcano continues. Ash explosions >10.0 km (>32,800 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 was observed all week. Ash plumes rose up to 8-9 km (26,200-29,500 ft) ASL on October 22-25 and 27. According to satellite data, two lava flows continues to effuse from the terminal crater down the western and south-western flanks of the volcano. A big bright thermal anomaly was registered over the volcano all week. Ash plumes extended > 2300 km (1426 mi) mainly to the east from the volcano all week.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/klch/index.html

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 (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 on October 21-23 and did not exceed background levels in the other days. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly was registered over the volcano on October 22-25. Ash plumes extended about 40 km (25 mi) to the east from the volcano on October 23.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/krm/index.html

GORELY VOLCANO: 52?33'N, 158?02'E; Elevation 1,828 m
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS YELLOW

Seismic and thermal activity of the volcano remains high. Probably an eruption of Gorely is preparing. 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 23, 23-25 and 27; clouds obscured the volcano on the other days of week. According to satellite data, a thermal anomaly was registered over the volcano on October 25.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/grl/index.html

BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55?58'N, 160?36'E; Elevation 2,882 m
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 October 22 and 24-25. Clouds obscured the volcano on the other days of week. According to satellite data, a weak thermal anomaly was registered over the lava dome on October 23-25; clouds obscured the volcano on the other days of week.
http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/bzm/index.html


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Dr. Olga A. Girina, KVERT Project, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: girina@kscnet.ru
Tel. (4152) 297-890.

Sergey Senyukov, KVERT Project, KB GS RAS
E-mail: ssl@emsd.ru
Tel. (4152) 298-053

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
 
Re: Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes erupt

Activity at Kizimen Volcano



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The red outline at the volcano?s summit is a hotspot where MODIS has detected unusually high surface temperatures. Kizimen?s plume blows toward the southwest and southeast. In the southeast, the plume appears as a faint gray-beige veil over the Bering Sea. An expanse of snow west of the volcano looks dingy gray, and this color could result from recent ashfall from Kizimen.

Rising to an altitude of 2,376 meters (7,795 feet), Kizimen Volcano is a stratovolcano composed of hardened lava, solifidied ash, and rocks ejected by earlier eruptions. The volcano has experienced multiple periods of long-term lava dome growth, and lava domes overlap at the summit.
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Re: Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes erupt

Kizimen Volcano continues to spew ash


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Kizimen Volcano in the Russian Far East continued to spew plumes of ash and steam on Wednesday, seismologists said...

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Re: Russia's Kamchatka volcanoes erupt

Kamchatka volcano threatens planes
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Erupting volcano Kizimen on Kamchatka Peninsula is spurting ashes to a height of more than four kilometers. "Presently Kizimen presents a danger to aircraft flying in the vicinity, the volcano has been assigned the code orange threat to aviation".

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http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/01/24/40918062.html
 
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