Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Sheveluch in Russia on 23 Jan 2026 07:59 UTC

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Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Sheveluch

in Russia

Event summary

Volcanic eruption Sheveluch is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Name:	Sheveluch
Lat/Lon:	56.653 , 161.36
Event Date:	23 Jan 2026 07:59 UTC
Exposed Population 30km:	About 100 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km:	About 10000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:	5
Population exposure index:	2
Inserted at:	23 Jan 2026 08:48 UTC

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Historical Timeline

Volcano Timeline

ID	Level	Date	Eruption Details	Source
1		23 Jan 2026 07:59	Poss eruption observation at 2026-01-23 07:30 UTC flight level 290 (8700m) extend north.	ANCHORAGE

Exposed population

The eruption happened in Russian Federation , Region of Kamchatskaya oblast'. The nearest places are Yelovskiy, Yelovka, Kharchino, Kamaki, Klyuchi, Nizhnekamchatsk, Obukhovo, Lower Kamchatka, and Berëzovyy Yar.

Radius	Population
100 km	9800 people
75 km	3700 people
50 km	3400 people
30 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

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Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kamchatskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	-

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Yelovka	244	23 km
Klyuchi Southeast	32	49 km
Klyuchi	66	51 km
Yelovka North	152	58 km
	91	79 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bukhta Kryugera		Russia	79 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

Tsunami impact

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Tsunami affected locations

Initial conditions

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