On 19 January a thermal anomaly at Karymsky was observed on satellite imagery for the first time. On 24 January the seismic station, which had been inoperable for the previous 9 days, recorded about 10 local shallow earthquakes per hour. The rate of earthquakes beginning on the 24th was similar to that seen before the station broke, but they became a little stronger over time. No ash was visible on satellite imagery. The Concern Color Code on 25 January was Yellow ("volcano is restless"), which was the same as prior to the seismic station breaking.

Geological Summary. Karymsky, the most active volcano of Kamchatka's eastern volcanic zone, is a symmetrical stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during the early Holocene. The caldera cuts the south side of the Pleistocene Dvor volcano and is located outside the north 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 caldera enclosing Karymsky formed about 7600-7700 radiocarbon years ago; construction of the stratovolcano began about 2000 years later. The latest eruptive period began about 500 years ago, following a 2300-year quiescence. Much of the cone is mantled by lava flows less than 200 years old. Historical eruptions have been vulcanian or vulcanian-strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater.

Source: Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT)