Kamchatka’s Krasheninnikov volcano erupts for the primary time in 600 years

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03/08/2025 – 12:31 GMT+2

The Krasheninnikov volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka has begun erupting for the primary time in almost 600 years, in accordance with the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Workforce (KVERT).

On the Telegram channel of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, KVERT mentioned that the final eruption befell in 1463, and none has been identified to have occurred since.

It comes after the Ministry of Emergency Providers within the Kamchatka area reported {that a} magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka.

The ministry issued a tsunami warning for the Kamchatka peninsula, which has since been lifted.

An ash plume was recorded rising as much as a peak of 5-6 kilometres above sea degree. The volcano itself stands at 1,856 metres.

The lava stream continued pouring down the south-western slope of the volcano, reaching a size of two.7 kilometres, the researchers reported.

Potential connection to earlier 8.8 magnitude earthquake

The volcano belongs to Russia’s Japanese Volcanic Belt, some of the energetic volcanic areas on Earth. It has about 300 volcanoes, with 29 of them nonetheless energetic, in accordance with NASA’s Earth Observatory.

Quakes and tsunamis commonly strike the peninsula that lies near an ocean trench the place two tectonic plates meet.

Sunday’s earthquake and subsequent volcanic eruption might be linked to Wednesday’s huge 8.8 magnitude earthquake that triggered tsunami warnings throughout the Pacific, in accordance with KVERT.

Earlier this week, Kamchatka’s tallest volcano, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, additionally skilled eruptions, with observers seeing streams of lava on its western slopes, in accordance with the Kamchatka department of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ geophysical service.

Unfavourable journey recommendation stays in place

The Kamchatka Territory EMERCOM of Russia mentioned the Krasheninnikov volcano has been assigned an “orange” aviation hazard code. The Russian Emergencies Ministry issued a advice to not go to the neighborhood of the volcano or try and climb it.

“The neighborhood of the volcano is volcanic wasteland, cinder and lava fields with out dense vegetation. In the meanwhile there is no such thing as a risk of pure hearth. The situation of the volcano is being monitored. There is no such thing as a risk to the lifetime of the reserve employees, infrastructure and settlements,” an official assertion revealed on the web site of the reserve learn.

The reserve mentioned that the primary ever footage of the eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano was made by representatives of the Snezhnaya Dolina tour firm throughout a flight to the Valley of Geysers.

“This is among the 8 energetic volcanoes of the Kronotsky Reserve. Due to this fact, its eruption isn’t one thing out of the abnormal for a area with excessive volcanic exercise,” mentioned Vsevolod Yakovlev, performing director of the Kronotsky State Reserve.