{"title":"New Data on the Parameters of Historical Tsunami and Geological Traces of Coseismic Subsidences on the Coast of Khalaktyrsky Beach (Avacha Bay, Kamchatka)","authors":"T. K. Pinegina","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700484","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700484","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article presents the results of detailed mapping of the deposits of the strongest historical tsunamis of 1923 and 1952 on the coast of the Khalaktirskiy Beach of the Avacha Bay (Kamchatka Peninsula). A new approach is proposed in the search for buried erosion scarp of marine accumulative terraces, which are geological traces of abrupt coseismic subsidence. Using this approach, a successful search was made for a buried scarp formed during a strong subduction earthquake at the beginning of the Late Holocene. This work is part of the ongoing paleoseismological studies of earthquakes and tsunamis in the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone.</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S143 - S151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. I. Frolov, R. I. Cherkashin, A. Yu. Ozerov, K. S. Ryabinkin, I. A. Nuzhdaev
{"title":"The Chronology of the Activity of the Extrusive Dome at the Western Slope of the Shiveluch Volcano in 2023‒2024","authors":"V. I. Frolov, R. I. Cherkashin, A. Yu. Ozerov, K. S. Ryabinkin, I. A. Nuzhdaev","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700538","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700538","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The events of 2023‒2024 on the western slope of the Shiveluch volcano allowed volcanologists to witness the activity of extrusion domes from the preliminary seismic activity to the destruction of the newly formed extrusion structure. The work describes the chronology of events in the active zone of the Shiveluch volcano and highlights the characteristic features of the identified stages.</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S94 - S102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ya. A. Bakhmatova, D. V. Melnikov, E. G. Kalacheva, D. V. Chebrov
{"title":"Multipurpose Studies of the Karymsky Volcano during the Inter-Eruptive Period from August 14–28, 2024","authors":"Ya. A. Bakhmatova, D. V. Melnikov, E. G. Kalacheva, D. V. Chebrov","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700617","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700617","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In August 2024, comprehensive scientific research was conducted in the area of Karymsky volcano in Kamchatka. According to instrumental observations it was shown that during a period of apparent quiescence, the volcano remained highly active, as manifested by persistent seismicity and intense degassing.</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S17 - S25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 1935‒2024 Summit Eruptions of the Klyuchevskoy Volcano","authors":"O. A. Girina","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700605","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700605","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Klyuchevskoy is one of the most powerful active basaltic volcanoes in the world. Information about its eruptions has been known since 1697. This paper describes the summit eruptions of the volcano from 1935 to 1999, and analyzes such eruptions from 1935 to 2024. Between 1935 and 2024 30 summit eruptions occurred: 11 explosive eruptions lasting from 6 to 1110 days and 19 explosive–effusive eruptions lasting from 26 to 1100 days. It was found that paroxysmal phases of eruptive events with ash ascent to the maximum height (15 km above sea level) are characteristic only of explosive–effusive eruptions of the volcano. It was noted that paroxysmal phases of eruptions were observed, as a rule, 6–15 days or 1–2.5 months (rarely 2 days or 7 months) before their end, i.e., an increase in the power of ash ascent from the volcanic crater in some cases led to the emptying of the magma reservoir (for example, the eruption of 1994) and in other cases to the rise of new portions of lava to the daylight surface (for example, the eruptions of 1944 and 1987–1990).</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S26 - S35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. A. Loginov, Yu. V. Novikov, P. O. Voronin, O. V. Bergal-Kuvikas
{"title":"An Experience in the Application of Magnetotelluric Sounding to the Study of Geoelectrical Features at the Ketkino Field of Thermal Waters, Kamchatka","authors":"V. A. Loginov, Yu. V. Novikov, P. O. Voronin, O. V. Bergal-Kuvikas","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700423","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700423","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We consider a method for interpretation of magnetotelluric sounding (MTS) for the area of the Ketkino field of thermal water (KFTW) acquired using a precision station. We describe the relevant methodology and the theoretical part in the analysis of raw materials. We have performed a qualitative estimate of the geoelectric medium based on MT data. Given the results of this estimation and the number of sounding points, we have carried out 1D inversion based on selected curves. Comparison is made between the results of 1D inversion and the geological section on the one hand and the distribution of thermal water temperatures in near-surface medium based on drilling data as described in archival reports on the other.</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S201 - S207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 2023‒2025 Eruption of Ebeko Volcano: Monitoring Using a Drone and a Time-Lapse Camera","authors":"T. A. Kotenko","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700575","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700575","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The eruption activity of Ebeko Volcano on Paramushir Island, Kuriles starting in January 2022 in the Korbut Crater began to wane in August 2024, ceasing altogether on January 19, 2025. The temperature in the ash–gas columns was measured using an infrared camera from aboard a drone. Its value was 674 ± 104°C involving an uncertainty of ~33% due to absorption by ash in the measurable wavelength range, 8–14 µm. Phreatic explosions were also occurring along the periphery of the active vent during the period August 8–15, 2024 producing fissures and ditches, including those in the Middle Crater. The formation of linear/ring structures may indicate local failure due to tension caused by subsidence of the volcanic edifice after the top of the magmatic column was removed by violent explosions when fresh magma was supplied in lesser amounts or stopped altogether. A violent explosion occurred on May 25, 2025 hurling bombs to distances of 1.5 km at velocities of ∼120 m/s. The explosions of August 8, 2024 and May 25, 2025 caused the descent of several lahars that were occasionally as long as 2 km. The infrared survey from aboard the drone helped update maps of thermal anomalies on the volcano on a regular basis. Two fumarolic fields near the Korbut Crater were completely buried under pyroclastic material, while the others persisted in their limits. Areas of steam-gas discharge were added due to the activity of newly formed fissures produced by the August 2024 phreatic explosions, also at the western rim of the Middle Crater. The temperature in the Korbut Crater decreased from 500 ± 102°C in 2023–2024 down to 160 ± 40°C in June 2025.</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S55 - S62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. I. Cherkashin, Yu. V. Demyanchuk, I. A. Nuzhdaev, V. A. Tsvetkov, A. L. Khomchanovsky, A. Yu. Ozerov
{"title":"The Dynamics of the Morphology and Deposit Temperature Changes and the Volume of Erupted Material of the Corresponding Member of the RAS G.S. Gorshkov Vent (Klyuchevskoy Volcano) in 2021–2024","authors":"R. I. Cherkashin, Yu. V. Demyanchuk, I. A. Nuzhdaev, V. A. Tsvetkov, A. L. Khomchanovsky, A. Yu. Ozerov","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700526","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700526","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on results of a field ground/unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and temperature observations in 2021–2024, the dynamics of morphology and temperature changes of a scoria cone of the Corresponding Member of the RAS G.S. Gorshkov vent (hereinafter, the G.S. Gorshkov vent), which erupted at the Klyuchevskoy volcano from February 18 to March 21, 2021, is analyzed. The morphology of the cinder cone of the vent changed within 3 years after the eruption: the diameter of the base decreased from 136.5 to 122.5 m and the crater size increased from 17 × 19 to 44 × 39 m due to collapses. The maximum cone temperatures decreased from 165.4°C in 2021 to 127.1°C in 2024. The detailed digital UAV survey-based elevation models showed that the steepness of the cinder cone slopes increased by 4°–6°, on average, from 2021 to 2024. The location of the G.S. Gorshkov vent on the large Erman glacier was responsible for the formation of failures and collapse walls up to 25-m deep in the glacier body due to intrusion of incandescent lava. Dynamic morphological changes of the cinder cone are probably also related to the subsidence of the glacier from prolonged contact with hot igneous rocks. Estimated from the Arctic DEM satellite data, the volume of erupted material of the G.S. Gorshkov vent was ~0.003 km<sup>3</sup>.</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S103 - S109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Routine Estimation of the Prospect of Individual Forecasts and Their Efficiency","authors":"V. A. Saltykov, D. V. Chebrov","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700472","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700472","url":null,"abstract":"<p>One of the main tasks facing the Kamchatka Branch of the Russian Expert Council on Earthquake Prediction and Seismic Risk Assessment (KB REC) is to evaluate submitted forecasts of large earthquakes. The experience at the KB REC showed that forecasts predicting the future evolution of a seismicity situation submitted by researchers very frequently contain merely some individual elements necessary for prediction, which is clearly insufficient. Examination of such forecasts is difficult, and occasionally outright impossible, which complicates the use of such data in the analysis of seismicity situations and the development of a comprehensive forecast evaluation. While the evaluation of the success of a forecast causes no difficulty to a first approximation, a preliminary (at the time the forecast is submitted) evaluation of the quality of a forecast in any form is frequently difficult. This especially concerns novel or recently developed prediction procedures, that is, procedures without a “history” at the KB REC. It is such forecasts which constitute the object of this study. The tasks we set ourselves to resolve are (1) developing a procedure applicable to the evaluation of a forecast at the time it is submitted, including the estimation of the probability of random occurrence, (2) estimation of the success of a forecast when any statistics based on the use of this particular prediction procedure is absent. This paper presents the approaches used at the KB REC for routine evaluation of the success of a forecast and/or precursors. All parameters used to evaluate prediction procedures and their practical application are formalized and possess clear physical meaning.</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S152 - S160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental Study of Fragmentation of Highly Viscous Magma by Rapid Decompression","authors":"M. A. Alidibirov","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700629","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700629","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The paper reviews the results of laboratory investigations into fragmentation of highly viscous magma (porous dacite samples from the cryptodome of Mount St. Helens) by rapid decompression. Setups for experimental study of fragmentation of analog materials and natural samples of highly viscous dacite magma under rapid decompression (overpressure up to 200 bar and temperature up to 1000°C) are discussed. The fragmentation thresholds (critical pressure differences between included bubbles and surrounding magma that lead to fragmentation of a pressurized sample) were determined for porous dacitic samples. The threshold pressure contrasts were found to range between 90 and 30 bar (with dacite temperature changing from 15 to 900°C). The fragmentation rate of porous dacite samples, <i>N</i>, was estimated to be 5–170 m/s. It increased with pressure differential ∆<i>P</i> and decompression rate. The study of the fragmentation products has shown that dacite samples fragment at a temperature of 900°C exclusively brittlely. The experiments conducted at temperatures <i>T</i> = 20°C and 900°C with overpressure ∆<i>P</i> in the range 10–185 bar have shown that with increase in overpressure ∆<i>P</i> and decompression rate, the characteristic size of particles formed by fragmentation decreases. From the experiments conducted at ∆<i>P</i> = 120 bar and a temperature <i>T</i> = 15–900°C it was derived that increase in temperature <i>T</i> hinders fragmentation (fragmented ejecta become larger) and leads to bimodal particle size distribution.</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S1 - S16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. A. Rashidov, V. I. Bondarenko, A. A. Dolgaya, V. V. Petrova, O. V. Pilipenko, Yu. I. Blokh, A. A. Trusov
{"title":"Integrated Geological and Geophysical Studies of the Submarine Volcanoes of the Paramushir Group (Kuril Island Arc)","authors":"V. A. Rashidov, V. I. Bondarenko, A. A. Dolgaya, V. V. Petrova, O. V. Pilipenko, Yu. I. Blokh, A. A. Trusov","doi":"10.1134/S0742046325700496","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0742046325700496","url":null,"abstract":"<p>At the current level of knowledge, seven acute and flat summit submarine volcanoes, some of which are almost completely buried, are recognized in the structure of the Paramushir group of submarine volcanoes located on the Sea of Okhotsk slope of the Kuril island arc. Petrological–mineralogical and petrophysical studies have been carried out in modern laboratories. Geomorphological and geophysical data obtained in expeditions of the research vessel <i>Vulkanolog</i> in 1981‒1991 have been processed using modern computer technologies. These studies again demonstrated the effective work of the authors’ team in studying the structure of submarine volcanoes of the Kuril island arc and provided new data on the Pacific Ocean island-arc volcanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":56112,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Volcanology and Seismology","volume":"19 1","pages":"S127 - S142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147339335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}