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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)
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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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Shiveluch volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: RESIDUAL VA FM 20180109/2243Z ERUPTION.

Friday Jan 12, 2018 11:00 AM |

Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 12 Jan 2018
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 12 Jan 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Anchorage (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVAK21 at 10:48 UTC, 12/01/18 from PAWU
VAAAK1
VA ADVISORY

DTG: 20180112/1050Z

VAAC: ANCHORAGE

VOLCANO: SHEVELUCH 300270

PSN: N5639 E16122

AREA: KAMCHATKA PENINSULA

SUMMIT ELEV: 10771 FT [3283 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2018/012

INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI

AVIATION COLOR CODE: ORANGE

ERUPTION DETAILS: RESIDUAL VA FM 20180109/2243Z ERUPTION.

OBS VA DTG: 12/1050Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL310 N5533 W17458 - N5139 W17037 - N5131 W17331
- N5456 W17842 - N5533 W17458 MOV SE 15KT.

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 12/1650Z SFC/FL310 N5342 W17136 - N4932 W17000
- N4911 W17306 - N5315 W17544 - N5342 W17136 - N5342 W17136.

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 12/2250Z NO VA EXP.

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 13/0450Z NO VA EXP.

RMK: T+0 CONFIDENCE LOW.
VA SIGNATURE BEGINNING TO WKN ON SAT IMAGERY.

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20180112/1650Z

BH JAN 2018 AAWU

Previous news
Shiveluch volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: RESIDUAL VA FM 20180109/2243Z ERUPTION.
Thursday, Jan 11, 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Anchorage (VAAC) issued the following report: ... [more]
Shiveluch volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: RESIDUAL VA FM 20180109/2243Z ERUPTION
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 11 Jan 2018
Thursday, Jan 11, 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Anchorage (VAAC) issued the following report: ... [more]
Shiveluch volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA CONTINUOUSLY OBS ON SATELLITE IMAGERY OBS VA DTG: 10/1120Z
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 10 Jan 2018
Wednesday, Jan 10, 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: ... [more]
Shiveluch volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA AT 20180109/2243Z FL170 EXTD N MOV 15KT REPORTED
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 9 Jan 2018
Tuesday, Jan 09, 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: ... [more]
Shiveluch volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: POSS VA CONTINUOUSLY OBS ON SATELLITE IMAGERY OBS VA DTG: 26/1720Z
Tuesday, Dec 26, 2017
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: ... [more]

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