A volcano has erupted after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Russia’s east coast, spewing a column of ash miles into the air, state media said.
The Shiveluch volcano is about 450 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city with a population of about 180,000 located in Russia’s eastern Kamchatka region.
“According to visual assessments, the ash column rises as high as 8 kilometers (5 miles) above sea level,” TASS reported Sunday morning local time, adding that the volcano had released a lava stream.
There are no reports of people being injured, TASS said.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the quake was about 55 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and had a depth of about 30 miles.
No “major damage” was caused by the quake, TASS reported, but “buildings are now being examined for potential damage, with particular attention to social facilities.”
The Russian Emergencies Ministry did not issue a tsunami warning because of the tremors, TASS reported.
Earlier, the US Tsunami Warning System had warned that “dangerous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300 km [approx 186 miles] of the epicenter along the coasts of Russia.”
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