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Shiveluch volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: POSS ERUPTION OBS AT 20170126/0850Z FL130 EXTD E OBS VA DTG: 26/0920Z

Thu, 26 Jan 2017, 10:15 |
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 26 Jan 2017
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 26 Jan 2017
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVFE01 at 10:02 UTC, 26/01/17 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20170126/1002Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: SHEVELUCH 300270
PSN: N5639 E16122
AREA: RUSSIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 3283M
ADVISORY NR: 2017/11
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: POSS ERUPTION OBS AT 20170126/0850Z FL130 EXTD E
OBS VA DTG: 26/0920Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL130 N5646 E16133 - N5646 E16144 - N5637 E16140 -
N5638 E16129 MOV E 20KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 26/1520Z SFC/FL130 N5640 E16527 - N5627 E16526 -
N5627 E16445 - N5611 E16359 - N5614 E16333 - N5639 E16438
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 26/2120Z SFC/FL130 N5620 E17103 - N5604 E17137 -

N5620 E16853 - N5542 E16645 - N5530 E16546 - N5615 E16713 - N5631
E16904
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20170126/1200Z=

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Shiveluch volcano satellite image by (c) Google
Shiveluch volcano satellite image by (c) Google
Shiveluch volcano
Stratovolcano 3283 m (10,771 ft)
Kamchatka, 56.65°N / 161.36°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Shiveluch volcano eruptions:
1739(?), 1800(?), 1854 (Plinian eruption), 1879-83, 1897-98, 1905, 1928-29, 1930, 1944-50, 1964 (sub-Plinian, large dome collapse and debris flow), 1980-81, 1984, 1985, 1986-88, 1988, 1989 1990-94, 1997, 1998, 1999, 1999-ongoing
Typical eruption style
Highly explosive. Construction of lava domes and large pyroclastic flows caused by dome collapse. One of Kamchatka's largest and most active volcanoes.
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