Volcanoes in Russia

With 12 volcanoes in Russia there have been a total of 18 significant eruptions over the past 1,800 years. The worst volcanic eruption in terms of deaths, destroyed houses and financial damages happened on 01/01/1872 with the eruption of "Sinarka".

Out of 77 volcanos in Russia, 61 are considered still active.

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Sheveluch volcano eruption

The Sheveluch volcano, which has erupted previously, remains active. Its summit lies at an altitude of 3,283 meters. Escaping lava, ash and gases have a massive impact on the surrounding areas and air traffic. At about 6:00 pm local time on Saturday, a warning was still in effect up to an altitude of 3,700 meters. Previously, ash clouds rose to an altitude of 4,000 meters. However, the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) in Tokyo currently assumes a decrease in volcanic activity.

Significant volcanic eruptions in Russia in the last 1800 years

The following list shows all volcanic eruptions of the last 1,800 years with significant damage. The column "VEI" stands for the volcano explosivity index, which represents the strength of the eruption from a geological point of view. This takes into account the height and volume of the rocks ejected. The scale ranges from 0-8, with the severity of the eruption increasing tenfold with each value. For example, a VEI of 1 means that the volcano throws lava and rock masses of 100,000 to 1 million cubic meters up to 1 kilometer high. From VEI 8, a volcano is considered a super volcano. Here, more than 1,000 cubic kilometers of tephra are thrown to altitudes of more than 25 kilometers.

The highest explosivity index in Russia reached in the review period was VEI 6 in 0240. The volcano Ksudach threw tephramasses of at least 10 cubic kilometers over 25 kilometers high. Such an intensity is normally only achieved every 100 years.

Eruption	Volcano	VEI	Deaths
08/15/1999	Shiveluch	4	0
01/02/1996	Karymsky	2	0
06/01/1991	Mutnovsky	0	1
02/02/1990	Shiveluch	3	0
03/08/1983	Kliuchevskoi	2	1
04/27/1981	Alaid	2	0
08/02/1977	Kliuchevskoi	3	1
03/30/1956	Bezymianny	5	0
11/13/1946	Sarychev Peak	4	0
01/08/1933	Kharimkotan	3	0
01/01/1872	Sinarka	4	0
06/27/1854	Alaid	3	0
02/18/1854	Shiveluch	5	0
08/09/1827	Avachinsky	2	0
06/27/1827	Avachinsky	2	0
01/01/1778	Raikoke	4	15
01/01/1762	Kliuchevskoi	2	0
01/01/0240	Ksudach	6	0

All volcanoes in Russia

Volcano	Elevation	Status	Last eruption
Alaid	2339 m	Active	04/27/1981
Anyuyskiy	1050 m	Potentially active
Atsonuripi	1205 m	Active
Avachinskiy	2751 m	Active
Baranskogo	1126 m	Active
Berga	950 m	Active
Berutarube	1222 m	Solfatara stage
Besym'anyy	2800 m	Active
Blizn. and Daln. Plo	3943 m	Potentially active
Bogdan Khmelnitskiy	1540 m	Active
Bol'shaya Udina	2923 m	Potentially active
Brat Chirpoyev	752 m	Solfatara stage
Burlyashchiy	1000 m	Solfatara stage
Caldera Ushishir	401 m	Active
Chernogo	624 m	Active
Chikurachki	1817 m	Active
Chirinkotan	724 m	Active
Chirip	1564 m	Solfatara stage
Dzenzurskiy	2285 m	Active
Ebeko	1138 m	Active
Ekarma	1171 m	Active
El'brus	5633 m	Active
Fussa	1772 m	Active
Gamchen	2576 m	Solfatara stage
Golovnina	547 m	Active
Gorelyy Khrebet	1829 m	Active
Goryashchaya Sopka	891 m	Active
Ichinskaya	3631 m	Solfatara stage
Il'inskiy	1578 m	Active
Indigirskiy	993 m	Active
Ivan Groznyy	1158 m	Active
Kambal'nyy	2156 m	Solfatara stage
Kamen'	4575 m	Potentially active
Karpinskogo	1345 m	Active
Karymskiy	1486 m	Active
Kazbek	5047 m	Potentially active
Kikhpinych	1552 m	Solfatara stage
Kizimen	2485 m	Active
Klyuchevskiy	4850 m	Active
Kolokol	1330 m	Potentially active
Komarova	2070 m	Solfatara stage
Koryakskiy	3456 m	Active
Kosheleva	1812 m	Active
Krasheninnikova	1857 m	Solfatara stage
Krenitsyna	1325 m	Active
Kronotskiy	3528 m	Active
Ksudach	1079 m	Active	01/01/0240
Kudryavyy	991 m	Active
Kuntomintar	828 m	Active
Malyy Semyachik	1571 m	Active
Mendeleyeva	890 m	Active
Mutnovskiy	2324 m	Active
Nemo	1019 m	Active
Opala	2475 m	Active
Ostryy Tolbachik	3682 m	Potentially active
Palassa	1002 m	Active
Ploskiy Tolbachik	3085 m	Active
Prevo	1360 m	Active
Rasshua	956 m	Active
Raykoke	551 m	Active
Ruruy	1486 m	Solfatara stage
Sarycheva	1497 m	Active
Severgina	1144 m	Active
Shiveluch	3395 m	Active
Sinarka	934 m	Active	01/01/1872
Snow	400 m	Active
Stokap	1566 m	Potentially active
Tatarinova	1530 m	Solfatara stage
Teben'kova	1212 m	Solfatara stage
Trezubets	1017 m	Active
Tsentralnyy Semyachi	1100 m	Solfatara stage
Tyatya	1822 m	Active
Uzon	1617 m	Solfatara stage
Vernadskogo	1184 m	Solfatara stage
Zavaritskogo	624 m	Active
Zheltovskiy	1953 m	Active
Zhupanovskiy	2958 m	Active

These statistics are based on datas from the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP), and the Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database of the National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA) / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) doi:10.7289/V5JW8BSH. Several data have been summarized and translated.

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