Ebeko volcano in the Kuril Islands threw ash to a height of 1.5 km

At the Ebeko volcano with a height of 1156 meters in Severo-Kurilsk there was an ash emission to a height of 1.5 km. This is reported on December 10 by the press service of the Emergencies Ministry's management in the Sakhalin region.

"We received information that on the volcano Ebeko (height 1156 m, located 7 km NW of Severo-Kurilsk, in the northern part of the Vernadsky Ridge) there was an ash emission to a height of 1.5 km. The plume spread in the north-western direction at a distance of more than 5 km," the message said.

According to the information of the unified duty dispatch service (UDDS), in Severo-Kurilsk ashfall was not observed, the smell of hydrogen sulfide was not felt, there is no threat to the population. There were no calls and complaints from the population.

International air traffic routes in the area of the volcano do not pass, there are no registered tourist groups.

A day earlier in the Northern Kurils on the volcano Ebeko recorded ash emission at a height of 5 km. It is noted that in the city of North Kurilsk ashfall, the smell of hydrogen sulfide and the threat to the population was not. At the same time, there were no calls and complaints from the population.

Before that, on November 13, the Ebeko volcano in the Kurils threw out ash to a height of 1.4 km. The regional Ministry of Emergency Situations specified that the ashfall and the smell of hydrogen sulfide was not observed in the town of Severo-Kurilsk. There were no calls and complaints from the population.

Before that, on October 31, at the volcano Ebeko in the Sakhalin region recorded ash emission height of 2.5 km. The plume spread in the eastern direction at a distance of more than 5 km.

Ebeko is located in the north of Paramushir. The height of the volcano is 1156 meters. It has been assigned an orange color code of danger for aviation. This code is assigned to volcanoes that show increased activity with a high probability of eruption.