Shiveluch volcano threw a column of ash to a height of 9.5 kilometers!

On Tuesday, April 17, Kamchatka was a powerful eruption of ash from Shiveluch volcano. The height of the column was 9.5 kilometers, RIA "Novosti" representative of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

The eruption occurred on Monday at 21:59 Moscow time.

"What happened was the release of the most powerful since the beginning of the year" -a spokesman said.

Threats to local residents is not a natural phenomenon, but it poses a threat to aviation.As a result, emissions of ash in the dome of the volcano formed a deep cleft in the 30meters.

Shiveluch volcano - the most northerly of the active volcanoes of Kamchatka. Diameter at the base of the volcano - 45-50 kilometers, the total area of not less than 1,300 squaremeters.

Consisting of Old Shiveluch stratovolcano, the old basin - a caldera - a diameter of 9kilometers and the active crater of Young Shiveluch, which produces the emission of hotlava and clouds of gas and ash. The height of the volcano 3283 meters, the highest pointof the active part - 2.8 kilometers above sea level. Age over 60,000 years.