
The Kamchatka Peninsula witnesses awakening of Volcano Shiveluch. The height of the ash belch reaches 7.5km, RBK reports with reference to the Kamchatsky division of geophysical department of RAS. The volcano activity arose orange danger code which means that these days there might be an explosive eruption with a high ash eddy.
It’s worth reminding that this year in June Shiveluch erupted a belch of 6km height. As a matter of fact the eruption has been lasting since May 2009 which marked the volcano’s throat with a 30m deep cleft. The seismic stations of Kamchatsky division of geophysical department of RAS detected about 130 local earthquakes and a weak pulsed spasmodic tremor of the volcano.
Shiveluch is the northmost of all the active volcanos of the Kamchatka. The strongest known Shiveluch eruption is dated to 1964, when the belch reached 15km height and volcanic clasts were thrown around up to 20km long.
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