YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, February 5An ash emission to a height of 1.5 kilometers was recorded on Monday on the Kuril volcano Ebeko, the press service of the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Sakhalin region reported in the Telegram channel.
“»On the morning of January 5, information was received from the island group for rapid response to volcanic eruptions of the Institute of Geology and Geography, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, that an ash emission occurred on the Ebeko volcano to a height of 1.5 kilometers. The plume spread westward to a distance of more than 5 kilometers.» , — the head office said in a statement.
According to dispatchers, no ash fall was observed in Severo-Kurilsk, the smell of hydrogen sulfide was not felt, and there was no threat to the life of the population.
Ebeko Volcano, 1156 meters high, is located on Paramushir Island, seven kilometers northwest of Severo-Kurilsk in the northern part of the Vernadsky Range. 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.