Overview

• The Krasheninnikov eruption remains active with moderate explosions propelling ash up to six kilometres under KVERT’s orange aviation alert.
• Ash plumes drift eastward over the Pacific Ocean without posing any risk to populated areas or recorded ashfall in inhabited localities.
• KVERT escalated and then downgraded aviation warnings after initial forecasts of ash emissions potentially reaching 10 km altitude.
• Scientists attribute the multi-volcano surge—including activity at Avachinsky, Klyuchevskoy and Bezymianny—to stress changes from the July 29 megathrust earthquake.
• Emergency services and volcanologists continue to monitor aftershocks and unrest at five other volcanoes across the Kamchatka Peninsula.