Russia’s Klyuchevskoy volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula in the far east has started erupting after Wednesday’s powerful 8.8 magnitude mega earthquake in the Pacific.
Russian state news agency RIA reported that the Klyuchevskoy, one of the world’s highest volcanoes, and the Russian Academy of Sciences has confirmed it has erupted several times over the years.
The academy has said that lava can be seen flowing down the western side of the mountain.
They wrote on Telegram, “A descent of burning hot lava is observed on the western slope. Powerful glow above the volcano, explosions.”
Klyuchevskoi volcano starts erupting after earthquakes in region.#earthquake #Tsunami #Tsunami2025 #TsunamiAdvisory pic.twitter.com/lZ4b5gRCQ2
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The Russian earthquake off Kamchatka damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, sending waves across the Pacific.
The earthquake that rocked Russia on Wednesday is the sixth largest ever recorded and the epicentre was around 119 kilometres east-southeast of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The earthquake triggered a 4-metre-high wave on the southern edged of Kamchatka leaving thousands of Russians to flee.
A Tsunami measuring 1.2 metres high hit Hawaii, warnings were issued to North and Central America, New Zealand and the South Pacific, including Japan.
