Overview

• The eruption began at 2:50 a.m. local time on Sunday, marking the first recorded activity of Krasheninnikov volcano in roughly 600 years.
• Volcanic ash plumes have reached up to six kilometres and are now drifting southeast over the Pacific Ocean.
• Kamchatka’s emergency ministry confirmed no ashfall in inhabited areas and reported that the plume poses no threat to settlements.
• An orange aviation alert remains in effect and authorities have advised a 10-kilometre exclusion zone around the volcano.
• Scientists are examining whether stress changes from last week’s 8.8-magnitude offshore earthquake triggered the long-dormant eruption.