Krasheninkov volcano in the Far East in Russia bursts for the first time for centuries

A volcano on the oriental Kamchatka peninsula of Russia broke out on Sunday in the night for what scientists said it was the first time in the hundreds of years, a few days after a huge gross earthquake.

The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ashes six kilometers in the sky, according to the staff of the Kronotsky nature reserve, where the volcano is located. The images published by the state media have shown dense clouds of ash rising above the volcano.

“The plume propagates east from the volcano to the Pacific Ocean. There are no populated areas along its way, and no fall of ASH has been recorded in inhabited localities,” wrote the Kamchatka Ministry of Emergency on the Telegram messaging application during the eruption.

The eruption was accompanied by a gross earthquake and caused a tsunami warning for three kamchatka areas. Tsunami’s warning was then lifted by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Services.

“This is the first historically confirmed eruption of the Krasheninkov volcano in 600 years,” said Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka volcanic eruption team, Ria Novosti.

The Smithsonian Institution’s global volcanism program, based in the United States, lists the last eruption of Krasheninkov as occurring in 1550, 475 years ago.

The reason for the gap was not clear.

The Kamchatka volcanic eruption response team said late Sunday that the volcano activity decreased, but that “a moderate explosive activity” could continue.

The eruption occurred after a huge earthquake struck the Far East of Russia early Wednesday, an 8.8 coarse temblor who caused small tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and caused warnings for Hawaii, North and Central America and the Pacific Islands to the South Zealand.