Less than a week after a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean, a volcano in , on Sunday, discharged hot ash miles into the sky, marking its first eruption in hundreds of years.
The Krasheninnikov volcano, situated on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, sent ash 6 kilometers, or 3.7 miles, skyward, according to staff at the Kronotsky Reserve.
Russian state media released images of the volcanic eruption, which took place on the Kronotsky Reserve, showing dense clouds of ash rising above the volcano.
“The plume is spreading eastward from the volcano toward the ,” Kamchatka’s emergencies ministry posted on Telegram during the event. “There are no populated areas along its path, and no ashfall has been recorded in inhabited localities.”
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurred alongside the eruption, prompting a for three areas of Kamchatka.
Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Services later withdrew the tsunami warning.
“This is the first historically confirmed eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano in 600 years,” Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, informed Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
However, according to the U.S.-based Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, Krasheninnikov last erupted in 1550, or 475 years ago.
The reason for this discrepancy was not immediately apparent.
Still, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team stated Sunday that moderate explosive activity could persist, despite a decrease in the volcano’s overall activity.
Krasheninnikov’s eruption transpired after an struck far eastern Russia on Wednesday.
The eruption generated small tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and prompted tsunami warnings in locations such as Hawaii, North and Central America, and Pacific islands south toward New Zealand.