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Volcanic activity worldwide 28 Jul 2016: Chikurachki volcano

Thu, 28 Jul 2016, 21:00 21:00 PM |
Map of today's active volcanoes
Map of today's active volcanoes
Ash plume from Chikurachki volcano today (Tokyo VAAC)
Ash plume from Chikurachki volcano today (Tokyo VAAC)
Chikurachki (Paramushir Island): A new eruption was reported by Tokyo VAAC who discovered new ash emissions from the volcano since yesterday morning. The ash plume observed on Himawari 8 satellite imagery rose to estimated 18,000 ft (5.4 km) altitude and drifted over 150 km to the NE passing the southern part of the Kamchatka peninsula.
Based on satellite imagery, it seems that the eruption started as a violent explosive event yesterday at 03:20 UTC (14:20 afternoon local time). The ash plume reached Kamchatka's southern tip 3 hours later, spreading at an average of approx. 30 knots.
Chikurachki, one of the many active and rarely directly observed volcanoes in the Kurile Arc, has often produced short-lived, but sudden and very violent explosive eruptions in the past years.

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