Volcano in Russia's Far East erupts for first time in centuries, days after 8.8-magnitude earthquake

A volcano connected Russia's acold eastbound Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the archetypal clip successful hundreds of years, days aft a monolithic 8.8-magnitude earthquake.

The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash 3.7 miles into the sky, according to unit astatine the Kronotsky Reserve, wherever the volcano is located. Images released by authorities media showed dense clouds of ash rising supra the volcano.

"The plume is spreading eastward from the volcano toward the Pacific Ocean. There are nary populated areas on its path, and nary ashfall has been recorded successful inhabited localities," Kamchatka's emergencies ministry wrote connected Telegram during the eruption.

The eruption was accompanied by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake and prompted a tsunami informing for 3 areas of Kamchatka. The tsunami informing was aboriginal lifted by Russia's Ministry for Emergency Services.

"This is the archetypal historically confirmed eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano successful 600 years," Olga Girina, caput of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, told Russian authorities quality bureau RIA Novosti.

The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, based successful the U.S., however, lists Krasheninnikov's past eruption arsenic occurring 475 years agone successful 1550.

The crushed for the discrepancy was not clear.

The Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team said precocious Sunday that the volcano's enactment was decreasing but that "moderate explosive activity" could continue.

The eruption occurred aft a immense earthquake struck Russia's Far East aboriginal Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused tiny tsunami waves successful Japan and Alaska and prompted warnings for Hawaii, North and Central America and Pacific islands southbound toward New Zealand.