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Massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake took less than a week and triggered a tsunami warning across the Pacific Ocean Russian Far Easton Sunday, hot ash was shot into the sky, the first geological feature outbreak in hundreds of years.
Employees from the Kronetskian reserve said the Krasenikov volcano, located in the Russian Far East of Kanchitka Peninsula, sent 6 kilometers or 3.7 miles of ashes to the sky.
Russian state media released images of the volcanic eruption that took place on the Kronetsky reserve and showed ash cloud above the volcano.
“The plume spreads eastward from the volcano to Pacific Ocean,” Kanchitka’s emergency ministry wrote in a telegram during the outbreak. “There are no densely populated areas along the way and no ashes have been recorded in the areas where they live. ”
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Aerial view of the Klaseninnikov volcanic eruption in the eastern volcanic belt, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) is located in the Petropalovsk-Kamchasky region in northern Russia, the Russian Far East, Far East, Far East, Sunday, August 3, 2025. (Artem Sheldr via AP)
The eruption was accompanied by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, prompting Tsunami Warning Three areas of Kamchatka.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Services later canceled the tsunami warning.
“This is the first confirmation of Krasenikov volcano in 600 years,” Olga Girina, head of the Kanchitka eruption response team, told Ria Novosti, the Russian State News Agency.
Ashes and smoke are high above the Krasheninnikov volcano in Russia on Sunday, August 3, 2025. (Artem Sheldr via AP)
However, according to the Global Volcanism Plan of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States, Krasheninnikov erupted in 1550 or 475 years ago.
The reasons behind the differences are not yet clear.
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This photo was taken on June 2, 2024 and shows Avacha Bay located in Kamchatka, Russia. (Guo Feizhou/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Despite this, despite the volcano’s reduction in activity, the Kamchatka volcanic eruption response team said on Sunday that moderate explosive activity continued despite the explosive activity.
The eruption of Krasheninnikov occurs in 8.8 magnitude earthquake The Russian Far East was attacked on Wednesday.
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The outbreak caused small tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and caused tsunami warnings in places like Hawaii, North and Central America and Pacific Islands.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
