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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.

Shiveluch volcano tours:
Kamchatka - Land of Colors (volcano expedition to Kamchatka)
Shiveluch Volcano Special (8-days expedition to see the ongoing eruption of Shiveluch volcano 16-24 Mar 2019)

Shiveluch Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: RESIDUAL VA FM 20191013/1240Z ERUPTION.

Mon, 14 Oct 2019, 12:00
12:00 PM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 14 Oct 2019
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 14 Oct 2019
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Anchorage (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVAK21 at 11:45 UTC, 14/10/19 from PAWU
VAAAK1
VA ADVISORY

DTG: 20191014/1139Z

VAAC: ANCHORAGE

VOLCANO: SHEVELUCH 300270

PSN: N5639 E16122

AREA: KAMCHATKA PENINSULA

SUMMIT ELEV: 10771 FT [3283 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2019/102

INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI/GOES 17

AVIATION COLOR CODE: ORANGE

ERUPTION DETAILS: RESIDUAL VA FM 20191013/1240Z ERUPTION.

OBS VA DTG: 14/1139Z

OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE

FCST VA CLD +6HR: NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +12HR: NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: NO VA EXP

RMK: ABUNDANT METEOROLOGICAL CLDS OVERSPREADING ERN SIBERIA HAS MADE
INDEPENDENT DETECTION OF VA IMPOSSIBLE. HOWEVER VA SIGNAL HAD BEEN FADING
FOR SEVERAL HRS PRIOR AND THUS BELIEVE AREA HAS LIKELY DSIPT.

NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES

JAM OCT 2019 AAWU

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