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Latest newsSunday, Mar 10, 2013
Strong degassing continues to be accompanied by unchanged moderate seismic activity. KVERT reports no eruptive activity.
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Friday, Mar 01, 2013
Moderate seismic activity, and moderate to strong degassing activity of the volcano were observed last week. Satellite data showed a thermal anomaly over the volcano. (KVERT weekly update)
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Gorely volcanoStratovolcano (caldera) 1829 m (6,001 ft)
Southern Kamchatka, 52.55°N / 158.03°E Current status: minor activity or eruption warning (3 out of 5) Gorely webcams / live data [hide map] [enlarge map]
Last update: 10 Mar 2013
Typical eruption style: Explosive, often water-magma interaction. Formation of crater lakes and lahars (mud flows). Gorely volcano eruptions: 1821 (?), 1828, 1832, 1855, 1869, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931, 1932 (?), 1947, 1961, June 1980 - July 81, Aug 1984- Sep 86, June 2010 (?)  Gorely Volcano Photos Last earthquakes nearby:
Background:The large Gorely volcano has a very complex structure: The edifice fills a large 9 x 13.5 km caldera occupied by 3 closely spaced overlapping stratovolcanoes with 11 summit craters and more than 30 flank craters. The lavas of Gorely are mainly basalt and basaltic andesite and the volcano developed along a WNW-ESE line within the caldera. It is cut by 3 rift zones. Some of the craters contain acid or freshwater crater lakes.The caldera formed after a giant plinian eruption that produced about 100 cubic miles of tephraabout 38,000-40,000 years ago. Historic activity of Gorely volcano can be traced since the 19th century. 4 explosive eruptions from summit craters occured in 1828, 1832, 1855, and 1869. The first historic eruptions in 1929-30 produced several strong eruptions which ejected ash and larger fragments of rock, and ash plumes that reached the Pacific coast, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and the village of Nachiki at 150 km from the volcano. In the 20th century, seven eruptions occured in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1947, 1961, 1980-1981, and 1984-1986. During the last 1984-1986 eruption, the ash plumes reached 3.5 km height and a crater was formed that is now filled with a lake. Gorely Photos:
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