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Karymsky Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG: 16/0520Z to 8000 ft (2400 m)

Tue, 16 Jul 2019, 06:00 | BY: VN
Satellite image of Karymsky volcano on 16 Jul 2019
Satellite image of Karymsky volcano on 16 Jul 2019
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 8000 ft (2400 m) altitude or flight level 080 and is moving at 15 kts in SE direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 05:58 UTC, 16/07/19 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20190716/0558Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: KARYMSKY 300130
PSN: N5403 E15927
AREA: RUSSIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 1513M
ADVISORY NR: 2019/202
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING
OBS VA DTG: 16/0520Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL080 N5403 E15929 - N5355 E15955 - N5335 E16011 -
N5331 E16005 - N5349 E15945 - N5400 E15927 MOV SE 15KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 16/1120Z SFC/FL080 N5355 E16034 - N5231 E16125 -
N5239 E16044 - N5403 E15926
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 16/1720Z SFC/FL080 N5228 E16144 - N5146 E16238 -

N5210 E16105 - N5332 E16043 - N5328 E15954 - N5417 E15930 - N5355
E16126
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20190716/1200Z=

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Background:

Karymsky, the most active volcano of  Kamchatka's eastern volcanic zone, is a symmetrical stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during the early Holocene.  The caldera cuts the south side of the Pleistocene Dvor volcano and is located outside the north margin of the large mid-Pleistocene Polovinka caldera, which contains the smaller Akademia Nauk and Odnoboky calderas. 
Most seismicity preceding Karymsky eruptions originated beneath Akademia Nauk caldera, which is located immediately south of Karymsky volcano.  The caldera enclosing Karymsky volcano formed about 7600-7700 radiocarbon years ago; construction of the Karymsky stratovolcano began about 2000 years later.  The latest eruptive period began about 500 years ago, following a 2300-year quiescence.  Much of the cone is mantled by lava flows less than 200 years old.  Historical eruptions have been vulcanian or vulcanian-strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater.


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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution


Karymski Satelite Image by (c) Google & NASA
Karymski Satelite Image by (c) Google & NASA
Karymsky volcano
Stratovolcano 1536 m / 5,039 ft
Kamchatka, 54.05°N / 159.43°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) Karymsky volcano eruptions:
1771, 1830, 1852, 1854, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1996 - ongoing
Typical eruption style
Doninantly explosive, construction of lava domes, near constant activity.
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