Ebeko volcano, located on Paramushir Island (Northern Kuriles, Sakhalin Region), on Friday threw a column of ash at a height of 2 km above sea level.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region with reference to the Kamchatka Response Team for volcanic eruptions of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
“On the afternoon of December 8, information was received that ash eruption at an altitude of up to 2 km was observed on the Ebeko volcano, the trail spread eastward to 10 km in the city of Severo-Kurilsk, no ashfall was recorded, no smell of hydrogen sulfide is felt.” There are no threats to the population,” the report says.
Earlier, scientists noted that the current eruption of Ebeko – an ordinary event for this volcano, which is activated once in 25-30 years and its eruptions can last several years.
The city of Severo-Kurilsk is located between two loharovyh removals (mud lava) from Ebeko: one descended almost 7 thousand years ago, the second – 2,4 thousand years ago. The last major mud volcanic stream came down from Ebeko in 1934 and reached a diesel power station located 500 meters from the city.
The Ebeko volcano (1,156 m high) is located on Paramushir Island, 6 km from North Kurilsk, in the northern part of the Vernadsky Range. Ebeko is a complex stratovolcano with several crest peaks. In the craters there are hot lakes, thermal springs, solfataras. The last time the volcano erupted in 2012, then came a period of calm, which lasted until October 2016.
The lava eruption of Ebeko is unlikely, scientists believe, since this volcano refers to ancient fading volcanoes. The danger for the residents of North Kurilsk can be strong ash falls, hindering people’s breathing, poisoning people with volcanic gases, mudflows caused by a volcanic eruption. For aviation, the ash plumes of Ebeko are dangerous. The eruption of the volcano is expressed in the constant emission of steam and volcanic gases with an admixture of ash over the crater.
