Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano has erupted and explosions were heard at 6am GMT and sent an ash cloud 9,000 meters high into the sky.
Seismologists said on Monday that that the eruptions in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula is the first time in centuries.
There is a threat to international air traffic and a red aviation code has been declared following the eruption.
Tass reported, the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences said in a statement, “Explosions at 6:00 a.m. GMT sent ash from the volcano up to 9,000 meters. The ash plume drifted 1,114 kilometers east from the volcano.”
Krasheninnikov volcano is Eurasia’s tallest active volcano and is part of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka stratovolcano.
On 5 August the volcano sent an ash cloud eight kilometers into the sky which erupted for the first time since the 16th century following a major earthquake which sent a tsunami across the Pacific on 30 July.
A huge 8.7 magnitude earthquake hit east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia which triggered tsunami warnings across dozens of countries.
The earthquake which hit Russia’s east-southeast region is thought to be one of the most strongest quakes on record.
Japan’s Hokkaido region was the first country to be hit, then Russia’s Kuril Islands then the tsunami started to cross the Pacific Ocean.
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