Overall Green Volcanic eruption alert for Bezymianny in Russia on 22 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	Bezymianny
Lat/Lon:	55.972 , 160.595
Event Date:	22 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
Exposed Population 30km:	Few people affected
Exposed Population 100km:	About 8000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:	5
Population exposure index:	2
Inserted at:	22 Oct 2020 13:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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Historical Timeline

Volcano Timeline

ID	GDACS alert color	Date	Eruption Details	Source
1		22 Oct 2020 00:00	Residual volcanic ash from 2020-10-21 20:22 UTC eruption.	TOKYO

Exposed population

The eruption happened in Russian Federation , Region of Kamchatskaya oblast'. The nearest places are Klyuchi, Mayskoye, Kozyrevskiy, Kozyrëvsk, Ushki, Krasny Yar, Kamenka, Granëvo, Kresty, Srednyaya Kravcha, and Srednekamchatsk.

Radius	Population
100 km	8300 people
75 km	4200 people
50 km	2400 people
30 km	<1000 people
20 km	no 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	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Klyuchi	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	6500 people	41 km
Mayskoye	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	45 km
Kozyrevskiy	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	46 km
Kozyrëvsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	City	-	46 km
Ushki	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	47 km
Krasny Yar	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	47 km
Kamenka	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	47 km
Granëvo	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	48 km
Kresty	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	48 km
Srednyaya Kravcha	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	50 km
Kishkerdino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	54 km
Kharchino	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	61 km
Tolbachik	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	63 km
Srednekamchatsk	Kamchatskaya	Russia	Village	-	64 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Klyuchi	66	39 km
Klyuchi Southeast	32	42 km
Kozyrevsk	30	46 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

Tsunami impact

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Tsunami affected locations

Initial conditions

More information

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