A volcano has erupted for the first time in 600 years in an event believed to be linked to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia days ago.
Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka threw up a 3.7-mile high plume of ash overnight on Sunday.
The far eastern peninsula had been epicentre of Wednesday’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake that triggered tsunami warnings for Japan, parts of the US and the Philippines.
“This is the first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov Volcano in 600 years,” Russian state news agency RIA quoted Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team.
On the Telegram, Girina said that Krasheninnikov’s last lava effusion took place on 1463 - within an 80-year range - and no eruption has been known since.
The volcano itself stands at 6089ft (1,856m).
The Krasheninnikov volcanic eruption - the first in 600 years - in Russia's Kamchatka region may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week, Russia's RIA state news agency and scientists reported https://t.co/3e1iYt2wTu pic.twitter.com/SlM99MyK4K
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“The ash cloud has drifted eastward, toward the Pacific Ocean. There are no populated areas along its path,” the country’s ministry for emergency services added.
Russian experts had warned aftershocks were possible after this week’s earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded. Millions of people were evacuated.
