The Russian volcano erupts for the first time after centuries after the earthquake

Less than a week A huge earthquake raised 8.8 degrees Tsunami warnings Throughout the Pacific Ocean, a volcano in the far eastern Russia, on Sunday, highlighted miles of hot ash in the sky, on the occasion of the first time in hundreds of years, the geological advantage erupted.

Kraashennnikov’s volcano, which is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, sent 6 kilometers ashes, or 3.7 miles, to the sky.

Pictures of the volcanic explosion, which occurred in the Kronotsky Reserve, were released by Russian government media and showed dense clouds of ash that rises above the volcano.

“The East Pillar is spread east of the volcano towards the Pacific,” said the Ministry of Emergency Cases at Kamchatka on Telegram during the explosion. “There are no inhabited areas along their way, and no ashes have been registered in manned areas.”

Accompany an earthquake of 7.0 degrees of the eruption, Pay tsunami warning For three areas of Kamchatka.

The Russian Emergency Services Ministry later raised a tsunami warning.

“This is the first historically confirmed eruption of the Crashinikov volcano in 600 years,” said Olga Jerina, head of the response team of the volcanic explosion in Kamchka.

But according to the Smithsonian program, the U.S. -based Smithsonian Institute, Krasheninnikov erupted in 1550, or 475 years old.

The reason behind the contradiction was not immediately clear.

However, Kamchatka’s response team in Kamchatka said on Sunday that moderate explosive activity may continue, despite the decrease in the activity in the volcano.

Krasheninnikov eruption after 8.8 The earthquake struck by the far east of Russia Wednesday.

Eruption Small tsunami waves In Japan and Alaska, tsunami warned in places such as Hawaii, North, Central America and Pacific Islands in the south towards New Zealand.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.