KVERT reported that during 6-13 August seismic activity from Karymsky was above background levels and suggested that possible ash plumes rose to an altitude of 2.5 km (8,200 ft) a.s.l. A thermal anomaly over the volcano was detected in satellite imagery during 7-8 and 10-11 August. Based on analyses of satellite imagery and information from KVERT, the Tokyo VAAC reported an eruption on 16 August. A subsequent notice stated that ash had dissipated. The Aviation Color Code level remained at Orange.

Sources: Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT), Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC)

Geological Summary. Karymsky is a symmetrical stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during the early Holocene. The caldera cuts the S side of the Pleistocene Dvor volcano and is located outside the N margin of the large mid-Pleistocene Polovinka caldera, which contains the smaller Akademia Nauk and Odnoboky calderas. Most seismicity preceding Karymsky eruptions originated beneath Akademia Nauk caldera, located immediately south. The enclosing caldera formed about 7,600-7,700 radiocarbon years ago; construction of the stratovolcano began about 2,000 years later. The latest eruptive period began about 500 years ago, following a 2,300 years of quiescence. Much of the cone is covered by lava flows less than 200 years old. Recorded eruptions have been Vulcanian or Vulcanian-Strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater.