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Agence France-Presse

A volcano erupted for the first time in 475 years in Russia’s eastern Kamchatka region, the nation’s emergency authority said on Sunday, days after one of the strongest earthquakes 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 6,000 metres (19,700 feet), 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 had been assigned an “orange” aviation hazard code, the ministry added, meaning that flights in the area might 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.
Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, confirmed it was the “first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov volcano” for centuries, according to Russian state media.
She added that the eruption might be connected to the earthquake on Wednesday that triggered tsunami warnings in Japan and as far away as French Polynesia and Chile.
The worst damage was seen in Russia, where a tsunami crashed through the port of Severo-Kurilsk and submerged a fishing plant, officials said.

WATCH: Incredible footage of the FIRST RECORDED ERUPTION of Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka, Russia.
It wouldn't be a surprise to me if it was triggered by the megathrust M8.8 earthquake a few days ago.
Krasheninnikov volcano began its FIRST RECORDED eruption at 16:50 UTC… pic.twitter.com/FpUKRo9dLG
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) August 3, 2025

The magnitude 8.8 quake struck off Petropavlovsk on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula and was the strongest since 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 quake off Japan caused a tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people.
Dubbed the “land of fire and ice”, Kamchatka is one of the most active volcanic regions on Earth.
It has about 300 volcanoes, with 29 of them still active, according to Nasa’s Earth Observatory. Quakes and tsunamis regularly strike the peninsula that lies close to an ocean trench where two tectonic plates meet.
The 1,200km (750-mile) long peninsula nine time zones east of Moscow faces the Pacific Ocean on its east and the Sea of Okhotsk along its west coast.
Kamchatka and a few nearby islands have a population of about 290,000, with about 162,000 of them living in the regional capital of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Avacha Bay on the peninsula’s southeast.
There are few roads on the peninsula, and helicopters are the only way to reach most areas. Fishing is the main economic activity.
Additional reporting by Associated Press


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Russian volcano erupts for first time in 475 years, likely triggered by quake

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The towering plume of ash from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which last erupted in 1550, may disrupt flights, the emergency ministry says


The towering plume of ash from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which last erupted in 1550, may disrupt flights, the emergency ministry says.


Russian volcano erupts for first time in 475 years, likely triggered by quake

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The towering plume of ash from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which last erupted in 1550, may disrupt flights, the emergency ministry says

The towering plume of ash from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which last erupted in 1550, may disrupt flights, the emergency ministry says