Gigantic ash cloudVolcano erupts in Russia's Far East
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18.8.2024 - 20:40
The Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula has erupted.
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One of Russia's most active volcanoes has erupted. The Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula spewed a five-kilometer-high ash cloud into the air on Sunday, as can be seen in a video from the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
18.08.2024, 20:40
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The Shiveluch volcano on the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka has erupted.
It spewed a five-kilometer-high ash cloud into the air on Sunday.
The eruption began shortly after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook the region.
The ash cloud stretched 490 kilometers east and southeast of the volcano. The eruption began shortly after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook the region. Russian volcanologists warned that an even more violent quake with a magnitude of up to 9.0 could follow.
Powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Russia and a volcanic eruption has begun
Kamchatka was hit. Aftershocks were felt up to 108 km from the epicenter. Ash emissions from the Shiveluch volcano pose a threat to aviation. pic.twitter.com/zHT5aZKeT0
The Ebeko volcano on the Kuril island chain also spewed ash, according to the institute. The experts did not say whether the eruptions were a direct result of the earthquake. A temporary warning was issued for air traffic in the region due to the ash cloud. However, according to a report by the Tass news agency, there was no impact on passenger flights.
No reports of injuries
There were no reports of injuries after Sunday's earthquake. Residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a town of 181,000 inhabitants, reported to Russian media that the earth had shaken harder there than it had for a long time.
On November 4, 1952, a magnitude 9.0 quake caused damage in Kamchatka, and nine-metre-high waves were reported in Hawaii at the time.