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Russian volcano erupts for first time in centuries [bbc.com]:
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A volcano in far eastern Russia has erupted for the first time in more than 500 years, which experts say may be linked to last week's massive earthquake.
The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka threw up an ash plume up to six kilometres (3.7 miles) high overnight. There are no threats to populated areas, Russia's emergency ministry said.
Hours later, another large earthquake in Russia led to tsunami warnings in three areas of the peninsula.
Both events may be connected to a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake which hit a similar area last week [bbc.co.uk], which caused tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile.
Russian experts had warned strong aftershocks were possible for several weeks after Wednesday's earthquake - which was one of the strongest ever recorded and saw millions of people evacuate. [bbc.co.uk]
Sunday's 7.0 magnitude quake hit the Kuril Islands and could lead to waves of up to 18cm (7in), Russia's emergency ministry reported.
It said people in three areas of Kamchatka "must still move away from the shore", despite the low wave heights.
The last recorded eruption of Krasheninnikov was in the 15th century, according to the head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team.
Olga Girina also said it may be linked to the earlier 8.8 magnitude earthquake, according to Russian state news agency RIA.
The Kamchatka Peninsula is remote but lies in the "Pacific Ring of Fire" - so called because of the high number of earthquakes and volcanoes that occur here.
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Dormant Russia volcano erupts for first time in 475 years [channelnewsasia.com]:
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MOSCOW: A volcano erupted for the first time in 475 years in Russia's eastern Kamchatka region, the nation's emergency authority said on Sunday (Aug 3), days after one of the strongest earthquakes [channelnewsasia.com] on record hit the region.
Pictures released by Russian state media show a towering plume of ash spewing from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which last erupted in 1550, according to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program.
The plume is estimated to have reached an altitude of 6,000m, Kamchatka's Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a post on Telegram.
"The plume is spreading eastward from the volcano toward the Pacific Ocean. There are no populated areas along its path, and no ashfall has been recorded in inhabited localities," the ministry said.
The volcano has been assigned an "orange" aviation hazard code, the ministry added, meaning flights in the area may be disrupted.
It came after Klyuchevskoy, another volcano in the region - the highest active in Europe and Asia - erupted on Wednesday.
Eruptions of Klyuchevskoy are quite common, with at least 18 occurring since 2000, according to the Global Volcanism Program.
Both recent eruptions followed one of the strongest earthquakes recorded, which struck on Wednesday, sparking tsunami warnings and evacuations of millions of people from coastal areas from Japan to Hawaii to Ecuador.
The worst damage was seen in Russia, where a tsunami crashed through the port of Severo-Kurilsk and submerged a fishing plant, officials said.
The 8.8-magnitude quake struck off Petropavlovsk on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula and was the strongest since 2011, when a 9.1-magnitude quake off Japan caused a tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people.
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