On Sunday, the Krasheninnikov volcano erupted with a huge column of ash. (Photo: Sheldovitsky Artem Igorevich / IViS / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A long-dormant volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted just days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked the region on July 30. It is the second volcano in the area to erupt in the past five days, following the eruption of Klyuchevskoy just hours after the quake last week.
The Krasheninnikov volcano, which is approximately 1,800 meters (6,000 feet) high, began erupting on the night of Sunday to Monday (August 3) for the first time in 500 years. The eruption sent an ash column up to 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) high, but there was no threat to populated areas, the Russian Emergencies Ministry's Kamchatka Territory Directorate reported on its Telegram channel.
The same day, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake also struck the region. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tsunami warning system recorded the quake at 6:37 a.m. local time in the Kuril Islands, a volcanic archipelago stretching from the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to the northeastern tip of Japan.
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