Ebeko volcano in Kuril Islands sends ash to 3 km height

Volcanologists recorded an ash emission on the Ebeko volcano on the Paramushir island of the Great Kuril Ridge (Sakhalin region), the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center for Unified State Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences said, according to Report.

"February 13, 2024 12:06 (04:06 Baku time-ed.). Ebeko Volcano, the height of the ash emission was about 3,000 meters above sea level," the branch informed.

Ebeko is located in the northern part of Paramushir. The height of the volcano is 1,156 m. It became active in mid-November 2016. It has an orange aviation hazard color code. This means that the volcano is showing increased activity with a high probability of eruption.