The active phase of the Shiveluch volcano eruption continues in Kamchatka. On the afternoon of July 7, the volcano emitted an ash column reaching up to ten kilometers above sea level. The resulting plume is drifting southeast, moving further inland across the peninsula.
Driven by wind currents, the volcanic cloud is advancing toward populated areas in the Ust-Kamchatsky District. Ashfall is expected in the settlements of Ust-Kamchatsk and Krutoberegovo. Shiveluch has been assigned a maximum red aviation color code – a designation that requires the mandatory rerouting of all aircraft flying over the affected area.
This recent emission follows a series of significant explosive events. On the evening of July 5, Shiveluch generated an ash column approximately twelve kilometers high. By the following day, the plume from that eruption had drifted over Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the region’s primary airport in Yelizovo.
Shiveluch – one of the largest volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula – stands at an elevation of 3,283 meters. It is located fifty kilometers from the settlement of Klyuchi and approximately 450 kilometers from the regional capital. Continuous monitoring of the volcanic activity and the trajectory of the ash clouds remains ongoing.