The Russian volcano erupts days after the climbing area of the monster earthquake

A huge volcano erupted in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia for the first time in the centuries, just days after a strong force 8.8 earthquake size The area shook.

Krasheninnikov volcano began early Sunday morning local time, according to publication From the Kronotsky Nature Reserve, where it is located.

A cloud of ash and gas from the volcano sparked a red alert to fly to the aircraft traveling across the area, after it reached an increase of about 27,000 feet. This alert was later reduced to Orange, indicating that the planes should continue to travel across the area with caution. “Esam explosions up to 10 km (32800 feet) can make ASL at any time,” Read statement From the team of the volcanic explosion response in Russia.

According to the Kronotsky Nature Reserve, the volcano eruption is the first in at least 400 years. However, that "Not something outside the area with high volcanic activity," Vsevolod yakovlev, action manager of the reserve He said in a statement Sunday. He added that reserve staff had evacuated the area surrounding the volcano. The statement said that the area is slightly crowded and there is currently no threat to people in the area.

Earthquakes can cause revolutions

The volcano is located only 143 miles north Mile Center From a huge earthquake, it took place off the coast of the Russian Peninsula of Kamshatka on July 30. The earthquake, which reached 8.8, was among the ten best of the largest earthquakes ever. according to American geological survey.

The earthquake caused tsunami warnings most parts of the Pacific Ocean, including Japan, Hawaii and California. But despite its strength, it has caused relatively few damage. The researchers are studying the reason for its appearance only modest tsunami compared to other large spices in the region, such as the 9.1 Tuoku earthquake off the coast of Japan, which led to a large tsunami in 2011, killing thousands.

The latest volcanic activity on Kamchatka can be associated with the earthquake, according to Harold Topin, a professor of seismology and Gyoshdard at the University of Washington and the director of the Northern West Seismic Network in the Pacific Ocean.

"It is definitely an interesting coincidence … or no coincidence," Topin NPR said.

Topin doubts that the earthquake alone would have raised the eruption. But he said that if the Krasheninnikov volcano is about to explode on its own, the seismic earthquakes could be "The system that allows it then shook out to be present."

"He wouldn’t have truly shaking," Topin said. "However, seismic waves that pass through the Earth certainly affect underground systems such as potential magma that are in a rock inside a volcano."

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