Kamchatka volcanic activity: Karymsky and Shiveluch 10 May 2008
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The Russian ITAR-TASS news agency reports today that Karymsky volcano on Kamchatka ‘has spewed an ash column to a height of 4.5 kilometres above sea level’ and that a ’surge of seismic activity has been registered’. An information release from KVERT on 9 May 2008 warns that ‘Activity of the volcano continues and ash explosions up to 6 km (or 19,700 ft.) ASL could occur at any time’. The current alert level for Karymsky is orange.
KVERT also reports that activity at Shiveluch has decreased but ash explosions up to 10 km could occur at any time. As is almost always the case, avalanches and fumarolic activity are occurring at the lava dome, and thermal anomalies have been registered. The current alert level for Shiveluch is orange.
Information
Global Volcanism Program: Karymsky - summary information for Karymsky (1000-13=)
Global Volcanism Program: Shiveluch - summary information for Shiveluch (1000-27=)
KVERT: Karymsky volcano - KVERT (Kamchatka Volcanoes Emergency Response Team) profile for Karymsky
KVERT: Sheveluch volcano - KVERT (Kamchatka Volcanoes Emergency Response Team) profile for Shiveluch
KVERT: information releases - current activity summary for Kamchatka volcanoes
Alaska Volcano Observatory - Activity - includes AVO reports on Kamchatka volcanoes
Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team - KVERT information page from the AVO
News
Karymsky volcano on Kamchatka spews ash column to 4,5 km - ITAR-TASS, 10 May 2008
NASA Earth Observatory images: plume from Karymsky 2 April 2008
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A new satellite image of Karymsky volcano in Kamchatka has been posted at the NASA Earth Observatory Natural Hazards site. The image, taken by NASA’s Aqua satellite on 29 March 2008, shows a faint plume from Karymsky blowing away to the south-west across the snowy Kamchatka landscape.
EO Natural Hazards: Plume from Karymsky
Karymsky, Kamchatka: eruption reported 31 March 2008
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Volcano Karymsky on Kamchatka has erupted, reports Vostok Media today. Seismologists recorded ‘nearly 100 separate shocks’ over a 24-hour period, and although the eruption of lava and volcanic bombs has not been observed, rockfalls have taken place on the volcano’s slopes. A steam and ash plume has reportedly reached an altitude of 7 kilometres.
Karymsky is among Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes, with its most recent significant eruptive episode occurring between June and November 2007. During March 2008 its behaviour has been characterized by above-normal seismic activity, ash plumes and avalanches. The alert level colour code for the volcano is currently orange.
Information
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program - summary information for Karymsky (1000-13=)
KVERT: Karymsky Volcano - KVERT (Kamchatka Volcanoes Emergency Response Team) profile for Karymsky
KVERT: information releases - current activity summary for Kamchatka volcanoes
Alaska Volcano Observatory - Activity - includes AVO reports on Kamchatka volcanoes
Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team - KVERT information page from the AVO
News
Volcano Karymsky erupts on Kamchatka - Vostok Media, 31 March 2008
