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Report on Ekarma (Russia) — 8 September-14 September 2010


Ekarma

Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 8 September-14 September 2010
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert.

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 2010. Report on Ekarma (Russia) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 8 September-14 September 2010. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.

Weekly Report (8 September-14 September 2010)

Ekarma

Russia

48.958°N, 153.93°E; summit elev. 1170 m

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)


On 13 September, SVERT reported that strong steam-and-gas activity from Ekarma continued. Ekarma does not have a seismic network; satellite image analysis and infrequent ground observations are the primary tool for monitoring many of the Kuril Islands volcanoes.

Geological Summary. The small 5 x 7.5 km island of Ekarma lies 8.5 km N of Shiashkotan Island along an E-W-trending volcanic chain extending westward from the central part of the main Kuril Island arc. It is composed of two overlapping basaltic-andesite to andesitic volcanoes, the western of which has been historically active. Lava flows radiate 3 km in all directions from the summit of the younger cone to the sea, forming a lobate shoreline. A lava dome that was emplaced during the first historical eruption, in 1776-79, forms the peaked summit of the island.

Source: Sakhalin Volcanic Eruption Response Team (SVERT)