A series of new explosive eruptions began at the volcano yesterday, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) and the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) in Tokyo reported.
Explosions sent ash plumes to 2700 m altitude yesterday that drifted towards the southeast and to 4300 m elevation today.
Ash plumes extended about 70 km to the E-SE of the volcano.
The area near the volcano is uninhabited which is why the eruption poses little to no risk to people on ground.
Chikurachki is one of several active stratovolcanoes on Paramushir, the northernmost and largest of the central and northern Kuriles, and the only one with a larger permanent settlement, the town of Severo-Kurilsk.
Source: Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team volcano activity update 29 January 2023