Ebeko volcano in Kuril Islands throws ash to height of 4.5 km

Volcanologists recorded a powerful ash emission up to 4.5 km high on the Ebeko volcano on the Paramushir island of the Great Kuril Ridge (Sakhalin Oblast), the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center Unified State System of the Russian Academy of Sciences told journalists, Report informs via TASS.

“February 6, 2024, 16:40 Kamchatka time (GMT+12). Ebeko Volcano: the height of the ash emission was about 4,500 meters above sea level,” the branch said. Information about ashfall in nearby settlements is being clarified.

Earlier, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Sakhalin Oblast reported that on February 5, Ebeko was active twice, but then the height of the ash column reached only 2 km. The slopes of the volcano and the area around the mouth of the Gorodskaya River were strewn with ash. Experts measured the ejected ash rocks. They reached 7 mm in length.

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.