YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, February 14 An ash emission occurred on Wednesday at the Ebeko volcano on the Kuril island of Paramushir, reports the main department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Sakhalin region.
“»Today at 17.18 (9.18 Moscow time) the Crisis Management Center received information from the Sakhalin rapid response group for 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 4.5 kilometers. Plume spread in a south-eastern direction over a distance of more than 5 kilometers,” the regional headquarters 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 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.