{"id":7052,"date":"2026-06-09T10:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:11:11","slug":"shiveluch-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shiveluch-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiveluch Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Shiveluch Volcano Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shiveluch Volcano in Russia&#8217;s Far East erupted recently, sending ash plumes 10 km into the air and triggering red-level aviation alerts for the area. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Shiveluch Volcano<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>largest and most active volcanoes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located on <\/span><b>Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kamchatka-peninsula\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kamchatka Peninsula<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one of the most intense volcanic regions in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s estimated to be between 60,000-70,000 years old.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>stratovolcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a steep-sloped volcano composed of alternating layers of solidified ash, hardened lava, and volcanic rocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It sports a summit reaching 3,283 meters (10,771 feet).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>summit <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is truncated by a broad <\/span><b>9-km-wide caldera.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The lava dome complex was constructed within the large open caldera.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Many lava domes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">occur on the<\/span><b> outer flanks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Frequent collapses of the dome complex<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have produced debris avalanches; the resulting deposits cover much of the caldera floor.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>had more major eruptions than any other volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in our <\/span><b>current period of geologic time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0 with an estimated 60 substantial eruptions in the past 10,000 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The volcano has been<\/span><b> continuously erupting since August 1999,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but occasionally undergoes powerful explosive events.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been <\/span><b>spewing ash and steam intermittently<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014with occasional <\/span><b>dome collapses, pyroclastic flows, and lava flows<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well\u2014for the <\/span><b>past decade.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/inshorts.com\/en\/amp_news\/russia-s-shiveluch-volcano-erupts--sends-10-km-high-ash-plumes-1780922442438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiveluch Volcano is one of the largest and most active volcanoes located on Russia\u2019s Kamchatka Peninsula, one of the most intense volcanic regions in the world. 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