Tue 11 Apr 2023:
In Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka area, the Shiveluch volcano erupted early on Tuesday, blasting ash up to 20 kilometers above sea level, according to the local branch of the Russia Academy of Sciences (RAS) Geophysical Survey.
The Geophysical Survey said on Telegram that seismic activity started at 12:54 a.m. local time on Tuesday (8:54 a.m. ET on Monday), and that the volcano was still erupting nearly 15 hours later.
The town of Ust-Kamchatsky, which is around 90 kilometers (55 miles) from the volcano, can be seen in social media videos from the area with a massive ash cloud in the sky and ash coating the roads and motor vehicles.
Kamchatka volcano spews 20-km-high ash cloud, carpetting villages and threatening flights
#Shiveluch #kamchatka #russia #eruption pic.twitter.com/WJuxMlLVQY
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Kamchatka volcano spews 10-km-high ash cloud, carpetting villages and threatening flights#Shiveluch #kamchatka #russia #eruption pic.twitter.com/FmfdmeJhi8
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Scientists took to the road to survey the impact of the eruption and take samples of ash. #Shiveluch #volcano #eruption #kamchatka #russia #ashfall
Pics: super volcanology on telegram pic.twitter.com/3OgnX5xPCa
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Kamchatka volcano spews 10-km-high ash cloud, carpetting villages and threatening flights.#Volacano pic.twitter.com/JwqvBE9Xf3
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The Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of RAS said a “red” hazard designation, the highest level, has been issued for aviation and that there is a risk of hot lava flows blocking roads, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
“Molten lava flows can travel up to 20 kilometers and block the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-Ust-Kamchatsky highway,” the institute said, according to TASS.
UNESCO lists the Volcanoes of Kamchatka as a World Heritage Site.
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