A long -timely dormant volcano in the far east of Russia erupted on Sunday (3) for the first time in hundreds of years, scientists said. The rash threw a cloud of ashes several kilometers high.
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The unusual eruption in the remote and poorly populated Kamchatka region in Russia occurs after a series of seismic events last week – including an earthquake and other volcanic activities – on the Pacific Peninsula, eleven distant time zones of Moscow.
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The Krasheninnikov volcano erupted for the first time “at least 400 years”, sending volcanic ashes up to 6.4 km high, Kronotsky Nature Reserve said, where the volcano is located in a statement.
Reserve officials were taken from the area, the statement said, adding that the volcano is far from the cities of the region and does not represent danger to people.
Vsevolod Yakovlev, acting director of the Nature Reserve, said in the statement that the eruption was an “exciting and fascinating event”, and that Krasheninnikov is listed among the eight active volcanoes of the reserve.
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The rash started at 6am, local time, on Sunday, when Nature Reserve employees, at a volcano research expedition, spotted gases and vapors leaving the crater.
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“Epic and unexpected”
The Sheldr Mountain Guide published Instagram videos and photos of the Krasheninnikov eruption on Sunday. “To say it was epic and completely unexpected is the same as saying nothing! Our tourist group is still in shock,” Sheldr said in a publication.
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The guide tells you that she had spent Saturday flying over the Klyuchevskaya volcano region but she had only been able to hear rashes, not seeing, because she was cloudy.
“This morning we witnessed the eruption of the krasheninnikov volcano: a powerful column of gray 2 to 3 km tall of the crater. While we were around, a second column of ashes appeared. We did not observe lava flows, but the show itself was really impressive,” said Sheldr.
Tsunami earthquake and warning
Last week, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake shook the Kamchatka peninsula, causing waves of tsunami and alerts throughout the Pacific Ocean. No serious injuries or significant damage were reported. A few hours after the earthquake, an active volcano in the region, Klyuchevskoy, erupted.
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Replicas of the earthquake have been shaken the region in recent days, including a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that has reached the next and little curled islands on Sunday, without causing victims or serious damage, authorities said. Russia’s ministry of emergency situations issued a tsunami alert, but canceled him shortly thereafter.
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