One of Kamchatka's largest and most restless volcanoes, with a growing lava dome that collapses into pyroclastic flows. Its ash plumes reach aviation altitudes over the North Pacific, and Tokyo VAAC advisories for it appear on this site's ash layer.
Erupted since 2000
Stratovolcano · Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
0 events in 90 days
Seismicity within 50 km radius, active VAAC ash plumes, and tectonic plate boundaries.
No catalogued earthquakes within 50 km in the last 90 days.
Sheveluch is an active Stratovolcano formed in an active Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km). Dominant lithology: Andesite / Basaltic Andesite.
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Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Smithsonian GVP profile