The Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that the ashfall, which started on April 11 due to the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano in the village of Klyuchi in Kamchatka, was the heaviest in the last 60 years. years, reports DEA News.
Institute Director Aleksey Ozerov said that the last time such a significant amount of ash fallout was recorded in the settlement closest to Shiveluch was in 1964.
“A layer of about 8.5 cm has already fallen and the ash fall continues,” the institute’s press service said.
They added that ashfall continues in the villages of Klyuchi and Kozyrevsk.
Previously at the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences reportedThe ash from the Shiveluch volcano spread 500 km to the northwest.
Shiveluch explosion dead On the night of April 11, it reached the paroxysmal stage, or hot mass flows from the slopes descended in local time.