Less than a week after a huge earthquake of 8.8-magnitude led to tsunami warnings in the Pacific, a volcano in the Far East Russia, on Sunday, spit hot ashtilometers in heaven, which was the first time in hundreds of years, the geological characteristic had broken out.
The Krasheninnikov -Vulkaan, located on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia, sent Ash 6 kilometers, or 3.7 miles, into the air, staff in the Kronotsky reserve.
Images of the volcanic eruption, which took place in the Kronotsky reserve, were released by Russian state media and showed dense clouds of axle above the volcano.
“The plume spreads to the east of the volcano to the Pacific,” wrote the Ministry of Emergency situations of Kamchatka during the eruption on Telegram. “There are no populated areas along the path and no ashfall has been included in inhabited places.”
Make beautiful photos of the moment one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, burst out
Air view of the eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano of the eastern volcanic belt, about 200 km (125 miles) northeast of the regional center of Petropavlovlovlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Far Oosten, Sunday 3 August 2025. (Artem Sheldr via AP)
An earthquake of 7.0 Magnitude accompanied the eruption, causing a tsunami warning for three areas of Kamchatka.
The Russian Ministry for Emergency Services later lifted the Tsunami warning.
“This is the first historically confirmed eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano in 600 years,” Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volkanical Response Team, to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti.
Tsunami waves arrive at the Japanese coast after the earthquake in Russia, which activates tsunami reports for the American west coast
Ash and smoke spit high above the Krasheninnikov -volcano in Russia on Sunday 3 August 2025. (Artem Sheldr via AP)
But according to the Global Volcanism Program of the American Smithsonian Institution, Krasheninnikov broke out for the last time in 1550 or 475 years ago.
The reason behind the discrepancy was not immediately clear.
Icelandic volcano is bursting, foring toadists to evacuate the famous geothermal spa
This photo taken on June 2, 2024, shows the Avacha Bay in Kamchatka, Russia. (Guo Feizhou/Xinhua via Getty images)
Nevertheless, the Kamchatka -Vulkanical eruption response team said on Sunday that moderate explosive activity could continue, despite the activity at the volcano that decreased.
The eruption of Krasheninnikov happened after an earthquake of 8.8 Magnitude found in the Far Oostenrusland on Wednesday.
Click here to get the Fox News app
The eruption caused small tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and led to Tsunami -warnings in places such as Hawaii, North and Central America and the islands in the Pacific Ocean south of New -Zealand.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
