Watch: Krasheninnikov volcano erupts after 600 years; Russia earthquake could have triggered it | World News
The Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka erupted overnight for the first time in 600 years, scientists and Russia’s national news agency, RIA, announced on Sunday. Ash plume as high as 6,000 meters (3.7 miles) has been observed after the volcano erupted, according to Kamchatka’s Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Russian state media released images showing a massive ash plume rising from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which, according to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, last erupted in 1550, reported AFP.“The plume is spreading eastward from the volcano toward the Pacific Ocean. There are no populated areas along its path, and no ashfall has been recorded in inhabited localities,” the ministry said.The eruption of Krasheninnikov volcano came just days after Klyuchevskoy, the tallest active volcano in Europe and Asia spewed lava on Wednesday, prompting authorities to issue an “orange” aviation warning, signalling possible flight disruptions in the area.According to the ministry, “The eruption of the volcano has been assigned an orange aviation code, indicating a heightened risk to aircraft.The twin eruptions closely followed a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Petropavlovsk in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula — one of the strongest quakes recorded globally since 2011.
