Magnitude 7.0 quake triggers Russian volcano eruption, ash cloud warning for planes | World News

One of Russia's most active volcanoes has erupted, sending huge clouds of ash into the atmosphere and putting planes on alert.

The US Geological Survey said the quake was caused by a strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake off the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula at 7.10am local time on Sunday (8.10pm UK time on Saturday).

The quake struck at a depth of 18 miles (29 kilometers), and there were reports of “severe shaking” and “moderate to severe damage” in the nearest city, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of more than 150,000 people.

According to the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT), a “red” warning for aircraft, the highest alert level, has been issued due to a large amount of ash in the atmosphere.

The film depicts explosions from the Shiveluch volcano, sending ash three miles (5 km) into the air, with the plume extending about 930 miles (1,500 km) to the east-southeast.

Photo: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Saturday. Photo: USGS

The USGS initially reported the quake's magnitude at 7.2, but – as more data was analyzed – the number was revised down.

Satellite images show two lava domes growing on the southwestern side of the volcano, according to volcanodiscovery.com.

Meanwhile, the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan has released a map showing the extent of the ash cloud.

Image: The red, orange and yellow areas show the ash plume emanating from Shiveluch volcano (indicated by a red triangle at the top left). Image: GSI

The Tokyo Volcanic Ash Monitoring Center warned of continuing “explosive activity.”

Describes a column of volcanic ash rising to an estimated height of 28,000 feet (8.5 km) and moving at 60 knots (70 mph) in an easterly direction.

Photo: A previous eruption of the Shiveluch volcano in 2022. Photo: Institute of Volcanology and Seismology/Russian Academy of Sciences Photo: Volcanic ash covers the village of Klyuchi on the Kamchatka Peninsula after an eruption in April 2023. Photo: The Associated Press

Shiveluch has erupted about 60 times in the past 10,000 years, with its last major eruption being in 2007.

It belongs to the Klyuchevskaya volcanic group and is about 65,000 years old.

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Catastrophic eruptions occurred in 1854 and 1956, when a large portion of the lava dome collapsed, creating a devastating debris avalanche.

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Initially, a warning of “hazardous tsunami waves” was issued for coastal areas within 300 miles (480 kilometers) of the quake's epicenter, but the threat was quickly lifted.

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