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5d ago

Sheveluch Sends Ash to 9 km in Short Burst as Ongoing Eruption Prompts Flight Advisories

Authorities maintain an Orange aviation alert to highlight ash hazards to regional routes with only light local impacts expected.

A picture released by Nasa's Earth Observatory shows Shiveluch in March 2007
The Shiveluch volcano is one of Kamchatka's most active
Ash rising above Sheveluch volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, on January 28, 2026. Credit: Yu. V. Demyanchuk, Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS / Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT)

Overview

  • A brief explosion around 04:50–04:54 UTC on January 28 lofted ash to about 9 km (30,000 feet), with the plume moving west over Kamchatka.
  • Tokyo VAAC reports showed continuing emissions through 12:00 UTC with ash tops near 6–7 km drifting west to southwest.
  • KVERT keeps the Aviation Color Code at Orange and notes that bursts could reach up to 12 km (39,400 feet) during the current phase.
  • Regional emergency officials flagged possible light ashfall in the Ust-Kamchatsky, Milkovsky, Bystrinsky and Tigilsky districts.
  • FEF RAS director Danila Chebrov said the situation does not pose special hazards at this stage and differs from the larger 2023 event.