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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

Russian volcano eruption could be linked to huge earthquake

Russia
  • The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Russia has erupted for the first time in nearly 600 years.
  • The eruption on Saturday may be linked to the recent 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Kamchatka, which triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific.
  • An ash plume reaching 6,000 metres (3.7 miles) was recorded, drifting eastward over the Pacific Ocean away from populated areas.
  • Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT), said that the volcano’s last “lava effusion” happened around 1463, with no eruptions since.
  • Another earthquake, measured between magnitude 6.7 and 7, struck Russia's Kuril Islands this weekend, prompting a low-level tsunami warning from the Ministry for Emergency Services.

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Russian volcano erupts for the first time in 600 years near massive earthquake epicentre

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