Sheveluch Activity Update: December 21, 2007

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Kamchatkan and Northern Kuriles Volcanic Activity
KVERT INFORMATION RELEASE 65-07
Thursday, December 20, 2007, 23:50 UTC (Friday, December 21, 11:50 KST)
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SUMMARY OF LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODES:

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

NORTHERN KURILES:
CHIKURACHKI, EBEKO and ALAID: GREEN

CURRENT CHANGES IN  COLOR CODE:
SHEVELUCH NOW AT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS ORANGE

SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: 56°38'N, 161°19'E; Elevation 3,283 m, the dome
elevation ~2,500 m.
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS ORANGE
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF  CONCERN COLOR CODE IS RED

Activity of the volcano continues and ash explosions up to 10 km
(32,800 ft.) ASL could occur at any time. The activity of the volcano
could affect international and low-flying aircraft.

According to seismic data, two periods of strong ash explosions
occurred over the past few days. From 06:23 to 14:45 UTC on December
18, and from 08:00 to 11:00 UTC on December 19, a series of ash
explosions up to 6.5 km (21,300 ft) ASL and up to 8.7 km (28,500 ft)
ASL, respectively, occurred at the lava dome. According to satellite
data, ash plumes extended about 130 km to the west from the volcano on
December 18, and about 300 km at first to the north-west and later to
the south-west from the volcano on December 19. Based on atmospheric
temperature profiles, a height of ash plumes was about 6.0 km (19,700
ft) ASL on December 18 and about 4.4 km (14,400 ft) ASL on December
19. According to visual observation, big pyroclastic flow deposits
were noted on the southern flank of the volcano. The run-out of the
front of this deposits was about 8-9 km from the lava dome. Ash fall
from Sheveluch volcano was observed at Klyuchi, 30 km south of
Sheveluch, on December 19.

Seismic activity was above background levels last week. Many shallow
volcanic earthquakes and a continuous volcanic tremor were registered
all week. Strong gas-steam plumes up to 3.5 km (11,500 ft) ASL were
registered on December 13-14. According to satellite data, a big
thermal anomaly was noting on December 13-14 and 18-19. Clouds
obscured the volcano on December 15-19.

Strong culmination explosive eruption of the lava dome of Young
Sheveluch volcano occurred in 1993, 2001, 2004 and two in 2005.

KARYMSKY VOLCANO: 54°03'N, 159°27'E; Elevation 1,486 m.
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: YELLOW

According to seismic and satellite data, an ash activity of the
volcano was not registered last seven weeks. However, activity of
Karymsky can resume at any time and ash explosions up to 6 km (or
19,700 ft.) ASL could occur. The explosive activity of the volcano
could affect low-flying aircraft in the vicinity of the volcano.

Seismic activity was slightly above background levels on December
13-15. Weak local shallow earthquakes occurred at the area of the
volcano. There was no seismic data in the other days of last week
(technical reasons). According to the data by volcanologist from a
slope of the volcano, a weak gas-steam activity of the volcano was
observed on December 14-15 and 20-21. Clouds obscured the volcano in
the other days of week.

BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55°58'N, 160°36'E; Elevation 2,895 m
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS YELLOW

Growth of the volcano continues. A viscous lava flow is effusing from
the summit lava dome. Sudden ash emission related to this activity
could affect low-flying aircraft in the vicinity of the volcano.

Seismicity of the volcano was above background levels on December 16
and 18-19, and at background levels in the other days of week.
According to visual and video data, a weak fumarolic activity was
observed at the lava dome on December 13-14. According to satellite
data, a weak thermal anomaly over the dome was observing on December
13-14. Clouds obscured the volcano in the other days of week.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Olga Girina, KVERT, IVS FED RAS
E-mail: girina@xxxxxxxxx
Tel. (41522) 58627

Tatiana Kozhevnikova, 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 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.html
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

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