YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, December 24 The Ebeko volcano on the Kuril island of Paramushir threw out a column of ash to a height of 3 kilometers, the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reports on Telegram -channel.
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“The height of the ash emission was about 3,000 meters above sea level,” the report says
Volcanologists note that the ash emission was recorded on December 24 at 9.54 local time ( 0.54 Moscow time).
Ebeko Volcano, 1156 meters high, is located on Paramushir Island, seven kilometers northwest of Severo-Kurilsk in the northern part of the Vernadsky Ridge. Regular emissions (from weak to moderate) have been ongoing since October 20, 2016, which is normal activity for the volcano. The record emission was registered on August 31, 2018. Then a column of smoke rose to a height of six kilometers from a new volcanic crater formed in 2017.