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Chikurachki

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1781m
Last eruption
2023
Chikurachki
Photo: Korea Aerospace Research Institute · KOGL Type 1 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Russia
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Kuril Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1781m
Coordinates
50.324, 155.461
Last eruption
2023
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Chikurachki, the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuriles, is a relatively small cone constructed on a high Pleistocene edifice.

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From Wikipedia

Chikurachki is the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuril Islands. It is actually a relatively small volcanic cone constructed on a high Pleistocene volcanic edifice. Oxidized andesitic scoria deposits covering the upper part of the young cone give it a distinctive red color. Lava flows from the 1,816-metre (5,958 ft) high Chikurachki reached the sea and formed capes on the northwest coast; several young lava flows also emerge from beneath the scoria blanket on the eastern flank.

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Eruption history

29 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
28
Uncertain eruptions
1
Span of confirmed record
9360 BCE (±80 yrs) – 2023
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1986, the most recent of 5)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
19
Summary (VEI over time)
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9360 BCE~8981 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 28601 BCE~8222 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?7842 BCE~7463 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 26325 BCE~5945 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 42151 BCE~1771 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41771 BCE~1392 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41644~2023 · 22 eruptions · max VEI 49360 BCE6704 BCE3668 BCE1012 BCE1644

Detailed timeline

  1. 2023VEI 2Observed
    2023-01-28 – 2023-02-08
  2. 2022VEI 2Observed
    2022-01-17 – 2022-10-17
  3. 2021VEI 1Observed
    2021-03-21 – 2021-08-25
  4. 2016VEI 2Observed
    2016-03-29 – 2016-03-31
    Summit crater
  5. 2016VEI 2Observed
    2016-07-27 – 2016-08-30
    Summit crater
  6. 2015VEI 3Observed
    2015-02-16 – 2015-02-18
    Summit crater
  7. 2008VEI 2Observed
    2008-07-29 – 2008-08-08
  8. 2007VEI 2Observed
    2007-03-04 – 2007-04-18
  9. 2007VEI 2Observed
    2007-08-19 – 2007-11-01
  10. 2005VEI 1Observed
    2005-03-12 – 2005-04-07
  11. 2003VEI 2Observed
    2003-04-17 – 2003-07-03
  12. 2002VEI 2Observed
    2002-01-25 – 2002-04-22
    SSE part of summit crater
  13. 1986VEI 4Observed
    1986-11-18 – 1986-12-07
  14. 1973VEI 2Observed
    1973-08-10 – 1973-09-28
  15. 1967VEI 2Observed
    1967-09-06 – 1967-09-20
  16. 1964VEI 2Observed
    1964-02-01 – 1964-02-16
  17. 1961VEI 1Observed
    1961-05-02 – 1961-08-10
  18. 1958VEI 2Observed
    1958-05-26 – 1958-05-27
  19. 1957VEI 2Observed
    1957-05-16 – end unknown
  20. 1933VEI ?Method not stated
    1933-04-15 – end unknown
  21. 1853VEI 3Observed
    1853-12-16 – 1859-07-02
  22. 1690 (±10 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    1690 – end unknown
    Tatarinov
  23. 1500 BCE (±250 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    1500 BCE – end unknown
  24. 1750 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    1750 BCE – end unknown
  25. 1950 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    1950 BCE – end unknown
  26. 6310 BCE (±70 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    6310 BCE – end unknown
  27. 7550 BCEVEI 2Geological estimate
    7550 BCE – end unknown
  28. 8500 BCE (±950 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    8500 BCE – end unknown
    Lomonosov
  29. 9360 BCE (±80 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate
    9360 BCE – end unknown

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