Shiveluch volcano in Russia erupted after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
Moscow: Shiveluch volcano erupted after a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Russia on Saturday (local time), CNN reported. The ash column can be seen rising as high as 8 kilometers above sea level as the volcano has started releasing lava. No reports of injuries have been received yet.
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Shiveluch volcano is located around 280 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city that has a population of about 181,000 that lies in Russia’s Kamchatka.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that the earthquake’s epicentre was about 55 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and had a depth of about 30 miles.
The quake caused no “major damage.” However, buildings are being examined for potential damage, with special attention paid to social facilities, CNN reported, citing TASS.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry did not issue a tsunami warning due to the tremor. However, the US Tsunami Warning System had warned that “hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300 km [approximately 186 miles] of the epicentre along the coasts of Russia.”
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Living in the local neighbourhood, people had to abandon their homes due to unsettling tremors. Furniture tumbled, and crockery shattered as per the reports of TASS. The Geophysical Service branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences based in Kamchatka highlighted that the tremors, which jolted the area at 07:21 in the morning on Saturday, were indeed an aftershock of an earthquake. The quake measured a significant 4.7 on the Richter scale.
