Chikurachki Volcano
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Chikurachki, the nothern volcano in Karpinsky ridge, is located in the south-western part of Paramushir Island, 60 km to the south-west from Severo-Kurilsk.
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| Form and structure | ||||||||||
The stratovolcano is nested on the volcanic ridge of Karpinsky merging with Tatarinov volcano in the south. Its regular cone mostly consists of pyroclastic rocks and is situated on the ancient lava basis. |
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| 40,000-50,000 years | ||||||||||
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| Aviation color code |
GREEN |
| Last VONA/KVERT Releases |
| Hazard synopsis |
Potential hazards are caused by ash plumes, ash falls, lava and pyroclastic flows, hot avalanches and lahars.
The volcano constitutes a potential hazard to commercial aircrafts flying over Kamchatka and the Northern Kuriles because its eruptive clouds can rise to a height of 6-11 km a.s.l. and extend for hundreds of kilometers and the duration of eruptions can exeed a few months. Ash falls possible at: Severo-Kurilsk (60 km to the north-east from the volcano) Ozernovskiy (145 km to the north-east) |
| Monitoring status |
satellite
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| Eruptions |
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2023/1/28 – 2023/2/8
2022/10/15 – 2022/10/16
2022/8/22 – 2022/9/2
2022/6/30 – 2022/7/1
2022/6/23 – 2022/6/24
2022/1/30 – 2022/2/2
2016/7/27 – 2016/8/30
2016/3/28 – 2016/3/31
2015/2/15 – 2015/2/19
2008/7/29 – 2008/8/15
2007/8/19 – 2007/10/20
2007/3/19 – 2007/4/7
2005/3/10 – 2005/4/7
2003/4/17 – 2003/6/16
2002/1/25 – 2002/4/31
1986/11/19 – 1986/11/25
1964/1
1961/8/9 – 1961/8/10
1961/5/2 – 1961/5/17
1958/5/26 – 1958/5/27
1853/12
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