--- !signs/object:Article attributes: title: "Russia: Karymsky volcano on Kamchatka spews ash column to 4,5 km" source: Itar-Tass author: summary: "The Karymsky volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula has spewed an ash column to a height of 4.5 kilometres above sea level. There is no danger to nearby settlements, the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Sciences told Itar-Tass on Saturday. A surge of seismic activity in the area of the volcano has been registered." text: "Karymsky at present is the most active of 28 burning volcanoes of Kamchatka. It has been erupting for over 11 years already - from January 1996. Scientists are permanently monitoring the volcano. The largest populated locality of Kamchatka - Petropalvovsk-Kamchatsky - is situation some 100 kilometres from Karymsky. The Milkovo settlement district centre is located 90 kilometres from the volcano." comment: "" date: Sat May 10 02:22:00 -0400 2008 type: Article id: "156264" votes: "5" link: "http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12663839" classification_id: "4"