Volcano in Russia
Chirinkotan volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Chirinkotan is being reported right now Last eruption: 1964 or later (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Chirinkotan: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.
- Status now
- No open report
- Last eruption
- 1964 or later
- Elevation
- 724 m 2,375 ft
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 0 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 579 km NE
Is Chirinkotan erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Chirinkotan right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1964 or later. Volcano observatories can raise alert levels before an eruption starts, so check the national observatory for the current alert level.
No satellite thermal hot spot was detected within 10 km of the summit in the latest NASA FIRMS data, so there is no sign of lava at the surface large enough for VIIRS to see (clouds can hide it).
Earthquakes near Chirinkotan
USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Chirinkotan in the past 30 days. Outside the United States USGS mainly lists quakes above about M4, so small volcanic tremors recorded by the local observatory will not appear here.
About Chirinkotan
Chirinkotan is a stratovolcano in Kuril Is, Russia, rising to 724 m (2,375 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
Stratovolcanoes are steep cones built from alternating lava and ash layers; their eruptions are often explosive, with ash columns that can reach cruising altitude.
The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 579 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Narita, 1814 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.
Other volcanoes in Russia
Russia has 45 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now, 4 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Ekarma, 33 km away.
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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.