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ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
Information Release
Sunday, March 4, 2007 4:15 PM AKST (115 UTC)
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The following has been received by AVO concerning a Russian volcano. Because of the current funding situation with KVERT, this information is being released by AVO.
All times are in Kamchatkan Standard Time (KST).
CHIKURACHKI VOLCANO, Paramushir Island, Northern Kurile: 50° 19\'N, 155° 28\'E
Elevation 1,816 m
According to visual data by people of Podgorny village (Paramuchir Island), weak ash explosions from Chikurachki were observed on March 04 . A continuous ash column has been observed at the volcano on March 05. Observers from Vasil\'ev cap (Paramushir island) reported the height of the ash plumes to be up to 1500 m, presumably above the summit, or approximately 11,000 ft. above sea level. No further information is known at this time.
Chikurachki Volcano erupted in 2005 and 2003. Ash plumes from the 2003 eruption may have reached as high as 6 km (19,700 ft.) above sea level.
VOLCANIC-ALERT LEVELS (contact AVO for complete description):
NORMAL Typical background activity of a volcano in a non-eruptive state
ADVISORY Elevated unrest above known background activity
WATCH Volcano is exhibiting heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential for eruptive activity
WARNING Highly hazardous eruption underway or imminent
ABBREVIATED AVIATION COLOR CODE KEY (contact AVO for complete description):
GREEN volcano is dormant; normal seismicity and fumarolic activity occurring
YELLOW volcano is restless; eruption may occur
ORANGE volcano is in eruption or eruption may occur at any time
RED significant eruption is occurring or explosive eruption expected at any time
VOLCANO INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET: http://www.avo.alaska.edu
RECORDING ON THE STATUS OF ALASKA\'S VOLCANOES (907) 786-7478
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Tom Murray, Scientist-in-Charge, USGS
tlmurray@xxxxxxxx (907) 786-7497
Steve McNutt, Acting Coordinating Scientist, UAF
eich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (907) 474-7131
The Alaska Volcano Observatory is a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.
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