The nighttime eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka, the first in 600 years, could be linked to the massive earthquake that shook Russia's Far East last week , Russian state news agency RIA and several scientists reported on Sunday (03.08.2025).

“This is the first historically confirmed eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano in 600 years,” said Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcano Eruption Response Team.

She added that the eruption could be linked to the powerful earthquake on Wednesday that triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of Klyuchevskoy, the most active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Kamchatka.

On the Telegram channel of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Girina stated that the last lava eruption of Krasheninnikov took place in 1463, with a margin of error of 40 years, and that no eruption has been known since then.

Area is uninhabited

The formation, more than 1,800 meters high, emitted a column of ash that reached 6,000 meters, the local office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Telegram.

"The cloud has spread eastwards, in the direction of the Pacific Ocean," the ministry said, adding that there are no inhabited areas or tourist groups in its path.

This reactivation also occurs after Kliuchevskoi, the highest volcano in Eurasia, erupted in the same region on Wednesday.

Both ejections of material follow one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, which shook the area on Wednesday and caused tsunami alerts and the evacuation of millions of people across the Pacific, from Japan to Hawaii, Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador.

The worst damage was recorded in Russia, where the tsunami devastated the port of Severo-Kurilsk and submerged a fishing plant, according to authorities.

The earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.8,It was the strongest since 2011, when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Japan and triggered a tsunami that left 15,000 dead.