Volcanos

Roundup of Global Volcanic Activity

Klyuchevskoy (Kamchatka): The eruption of the volcano continues with the effusion of a lava flow on the eastern flank and intermittent explosive activity at the summit. A phase of near-continuous small to moderate explosions occurred last night (this morning in Kamchatka), generating an ash plume that rose to 23,000 ft (7 km) and drifted southeast.

Chikurachki (Paramushir Island): KVERT lowered the Aviation Colour Code back to green. No more signs of eruptive activity (ash plumes, thermal anomalies) have been detected during the past days, but according to KVERT, a "moderate gas-steam activity of the volcano continues."

Sinabung (Sumatra, Indonesia): Small to moderate explosions continue to occur at rates of once or twice per day on average. Yesterday morning (08:53 local time), an eruption generated an ash plume that rose 1300 m above the summit and dissipated into easterly directions. A small pyroclastic flow also descended the eastern flank and reached 1500 m length.