Volcano in Russia
Maly Semyachik volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Maly Semyachik is being reported right now Last eruption: 1900–1963 (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Maly Semyachik: 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
- 1900–1963
- Elevation
- 1,527 m 5,010 ft
- Type
- Caldera
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 0 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 138 km SSW
Is Maly Semyachik erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Maly Semyachik right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1900–1963. 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 Maly Semyachik
USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Maly Semyachik 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 Maly Semyachik
Maly Semyachik is a caldera in Kamchatka, Russia, rising to 1,527 m (5,010 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
A caldera is a large collapse depression left after a major eruption; activity can range from small steam blasts to rare, very large eruptions.
The nearest large town is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, about 138 km SSW of the summit.
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (138 km) earthquakes nearby
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Narita, 2526 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 Karymsky, 18 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.