*********************************** Kamchatkan and Northern Kurile Volcanic Activity KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 65-06 Thursday, December 28, 2006, 11:30 KDT (23:30 UTC on December 27) From: Ushakov S.V. <ushakov@xxxxxxxxx> *********************************** SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: 56°38'N, 161°19'E; Elevation 3,283 m, the dome elevation ~2,500 m. CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: ORANGE PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: RED Seismic activity of the volcano decreased but remains above background levels. Ash explosions up to 10 km (32,800 ft.) ASL could occur at any time. The activity of the volcano could affect international and local aircraft. According to the seismic data, amplitude of volcanic tremor of Sheveluch volcano decreased during last day. Satellite images have no ash signal after 21:30 UTC, December 27. According to video data, a gas-steam plume raising about 3.5 km (11,500 ft.) ASL is observed from 22:17 UTC on December 27. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT: Sergey Ushakov, KVERT, IVS FED RAS E-mail: ushakov@xxxxxxxxx Tel. (41522) 58627 Sergey Senyukov, KVERT, KB GS RAS E-mail: ssl@xxxxxxxxxxx Tel. (41522) 59523 Tom Murray, Scientist-in-Charge, AVO E-mail: tlmurray@xxxxxxxx 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 Service(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 Kurile Volcanoes. The official web-page of KVERT (the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FED RAS): http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/index.html Archive of daily information KB GS RAS: ftp://emsd.iks.ru/pub/DATA/RTS/Volcanoes ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
