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Shiveluch

Sheveluch

Stratovolcano · Russia · 3283m

Sheveluch has undergone several large flank collapse events to shape the edifice we see today. The frequent collapses of lava-dome complexes have produced numerous debris avalanches whose deposits cover much of the area south of the volcano. The light-colored hummocky deposits in the foreground were produced during the latest collapse in 1964.
Sheveluch has undergone several large flank collapse events to shape the edifice we see today. The frequent collapses of lava-dome complexes have produced numerous debris avalanches whose deposits cover much of the area south of the volcano. The light-colored hummocky deposits in the foreground were produced during the latest collapse in 1964. · Photo: Photo by Kamchatka Volcanic Eruptions Response Team (courtesy of Dan Miller, U.S. Geological Survey). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Eastern Kamchatka Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3283m
Coordinates
56.653, 161.360
Last eruption
2026
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

The high, isolated massif of Sheveluch volcano (also spelled Shiveluch) rises above the lowlands NNE of the Kliuchevskaya volcano group. The 1,300 km3 andesitic volcano is one of Kamchatka's largest and most active volcanic structures, with at least 60 large eruptions during the Holocene. The summit of roughly 65,000-year-old Stary Shiveluch is truncated by a broad 9-km-wide late-Pleistocene caldera breached to the south. Many lava domes occur on its outer flanks. The Molodoy Shiveluch lava dome complex was constructed during the Holocene within the large open caldera; Holocene lava dome extrusion also took place on the flanks of Stary Shiveluch. Widespread tephra layers from these eruptions have provided valuable time markers for dating volcanic events in Kamchatka. Frequent collapses of dome complexes, most recently in 1964, have produced debris avalanches whose deposits cover much of the floor of the breached caldera.

From Wikipedia

Shiveluch, also called Sheveluch, which originates from the name "suelich" which means "smoking mountain" in Itelmen, is the northernmost active volcano in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It and Karymsky are Kamchatka's largest, most active and most continuously erupting volcanoes, as well as one of the most active on the planet. Shiveluch erupts around 0.015 km3 (0.0036 mi3) of magma per year, which causes frequent and large hot avalanches and lava dome formations at the summit. Volcanic ash emissions from this volcano often disrupt air traffic connecting the Asian and North American continents.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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8500 BCE~8150 BCE · 4 eruptions · max VEI 48150 BCE~7800 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI 47800 BCE~7450 BCE · 6 eruptions · max VEI 47450 BCE~7100 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI 57100 BCE~6750 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 56750 BCE~6400 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 46400 BCE~6050 BCE · 5 eruptions · max VEI 46050 BCE~5700 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 35700 BCE~5350 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 55000 BCE~4650 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 34650 BCE~4300 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI 54300 BCE~3950 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 33950 BCE~3600 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 53600 BCE~3250 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 53250 BCE~2901 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 42901 BCE~2551 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI 52551 BCE~2201 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 32201 BCE~1851 BCE · 4 eruptions · max VEI 51851 BCE~1501 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41501 BCE~1151 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31151 BCE~801 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI 5801 BCE~451 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI 4451 BCE~101 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI 4101 BCE~249 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 4249~599 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 4599~949 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 5949~1299 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 51299~1649 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41649~1999 · 23 eruptions · max VEI 58500 BCE6050 BCE3250 BCE801 BCE1649

Detailed timeline

  1. 1999VEI 2Observed
    1999-04-03 – 1999-04-12
  2. 1999VEI 4Observed
    1999-08-15 – 2026-03-25
  3. 1998VEI 3Observed
    1998-05-30 – 1998-09-03
  4. 1997VEI 2Observed
    1997-03-08 – 1997-04-04
  5. 1990VEI 3Observed
    1990-01-10 – 1995-02-16
  6. 1989VEI 2Observed
    1989-04-07 – 1989-06-26
  7. 1988VEI 2Observed
    1988-12-07 – 1988-12-07
  8. 1986VEI 3Observed
    1986-03-28 – 1988-02-28
  9. 1985VEI 2Observed
    1985-05-26 – 1985-10-25
  10. 1984VEI 2Observed
    1984-03-17 – 1984-09-06
  11. 1980VEI 1Observed
    1980-08-23 – 1981-12-01
    Center of 1964 crater
  12. 1964VEI 4Observed
    1964-11-12 – 1964-11-12
    Molodoy Sheveluch summit domes
  13. 1944VEI 2Observed
    1944-11-05 – 1950-04-06
    Suelich
  14. 1930VEI 1Observed
    1930-02-01 – Ongoing
  15. 1928VEI 1Observed
    1928-01-27 – 1929-04-15
  16. 1905VEI ?Observed
    1905 – Ongoing
  17. 1897VEI 2Observed
    1897 – 1898
  18. 1879VEI 3Observed
    1879 – 1883
  19. 1854VEI 5Observed
    1854-02-18 – Ongoing
  20. 1800 (±10 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    1800 – Ongoing
  21. 1739VEI 3Observed
    1739 – Ongoing
  22. 1700VEI 3Geological estimate
    1700 – Ongoing
  23. 1652 (±11 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    1652 – Ongoing
  24. 1550VEI 3Geological estimate
    1550 – Ongoing
  25. 1430VEI 4Geological estimate
    1430 – Ongoing
  26. 1150VEI 3Geological estimate
    1150 – Ongoing
  27. 1034 (±23 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    1034 – Ongoing
  28. 1020 (±40 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    1020 – Ongoing
  29. 970 (±80 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    970 – Ongoing
  30. 750VEI 3Geological estimate
    750 – Ongoing
  31. 700VEI 3Geological estimate
    700 – Ongoing
  32. 650 (±40 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    650 – Ongoing
  33. 630VEI 3Geological estimate
    630 – Ongoing
    Western flank (Karan)
  34. 600VEI 5Geological estimate
    600 – Ongoing
  35. 580VEI 4Geological estimate
    580 – Ongoing
  36. 530VEI 3Geological estimate
    530 – Ongoing
  37. 500VEI 4Geological estimate
    500 – Ongoing
  38. 380VEI 3Geological estimate
    380 – Ongoing
  39. 250VEI 4Geological estimate
    250 – Ongoing
  40. 230VEI 3Geological estimate
    230 – Ongoing
  41. 170 (±20 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    170 – Ongoing
  42. 120VEI 3Geological estimate
    120 – Ongoing
  43. 100VEI 4Geological estimate
    100 – Ongoing
  44. 10 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 10 – Ongoing
  45. 150 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 150 – Ongoing
    West flank (Karan)
  46. 300 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 300 – Ongoing
    West flank (Karan)
  47. 400 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 400 – Ongoing
    West flank (Karan)
  48. 500 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 500 – Ongoing
  49. 650 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 650 – Ongoing
  50. 780 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 780 – Ongoing
  51. 900 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 900 – Ongoing
  52. 950 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 950 – Ongoing
  53. 1010 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 1010 – Ongoing
  54. 1330 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 1330 – Ongoing
  55. 1500 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 1500 – Ongoing
  56. 1650 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 1650 – Ongoing
  57. 1700 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 1700 – Ongoing
  58. 2000 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 2000 – Ongoing
  59. 2100 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 2100 – Ongoing
  60. 2150 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 2150 – Ongoing
  61. 2200 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 2200 – Ongoing
  62. 2490 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 2490 – Ongoing
  63. 2530 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 2530 – Ongoing
  64. 2620 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 2620 – Ongoing
  65. 2750 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 2750 – Ongoing
  66. 2900 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 2900 – Ongoing
  67. 3050 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 3050 – Ongoing
  68. 3200 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 3200 – Ongoing
  69. 3500 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 3500 – Ongoing
  70. 3650 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 3650 – Ongoing
  71. 4250 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 4250 – Ongoing
  72. 4350 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 4350 – Ongoing
  73. 4400 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 4400 – Ongoing
  74. 4530 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 4530 – Ongoing
  75. 4900 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 4900 – Ongoing
  76. 5400 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 5400 – Ongoing
  77. 5500 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 5500 – Ongoing
  78. 6000 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 6000 – Ongoing
  79. 6100 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 6100 – Ongoing
  80. 6200 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 6200 – Ongoing
  81. 6350 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 6350 – Ongoing
  82. 6380 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 6380 – Ongoing
  83. 6400 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 6400 – Ongoing
  84. 6500 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 6500 – Ongoing
  85. 6600 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 6600 – Ongoing
  86. 6800 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 6800 – Ongoing
  87. 7000 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 7000 – Ongoing
  88. 7150 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 7150 – Ongoing
  89. 7300 BCEVEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 7300 – Ongoing
  90. 7400 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 7400 – Ongoing
  91. 7500 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 7500 – Ongoing
  92. 7550 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 7550 – Ongoing
  93. 7600 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 7600 – Ongoing
  94. 7630 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 7630 – Ongoing
  95. 7700 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 7700 – Ongoing
  96. 7750 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 7750 – Ongoing
  97. 7850 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 7850 – Ongoing
  98. 7950 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 7950 – Ongoing
  99. 8100 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 8100 – Ongoing
  100. 8200 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 8200 – Ongoing
  101. 8350 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    BCE 8350 – Ongoing
  102. 8450 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 8450 – Ongoing
  103. 8500 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    BCE 8500 – Ongoing

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