A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Tuesday (August 5), six days after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake jolted the country.On August 3, an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit the Kuril Islands, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported.
In July 30, a magnitude-8.8 earthquake shook Russia’s Far East. The earthquake at 8:25 am Japan time had a preliminary magnitude of 8.0, Japan and US seismologists said. The US Geological Survey later updated its measurement to 8.8 magnitude.
The quake had triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean and placed nations from Japan to the United States to Chile on high alert. The quake was also followed by an eruption of the most active volcano on the peninsula after hundreds of centuries.The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash 6 kilometres into the sky, according to staff at the Kronotsky Reserve, where the volcano is located. Images released by state media showed dense clouds of ash rising above the volcano.
In July 30, a magnitude-8.8 earthquake shook Russia’s Far East. The earthquake at 8:25 am Japan time had a preliminary magnitude of 8.0, Japan and US seismologists said. The US Geological Survey later updated its measurement to 8.8 magnitude.
The quake had triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean and placed nations from Japan to the United States to Chile on high alert. The quake was also followed by an eruption of the most active volcano on the peninsula after hundreds of centuries.The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash 6 kilometres into the sky, according to staff at the Kronotsky Reserve, where the volcano is located. Images released by state media showed dense clouds of ash rising above the volcano.
“This is the first historically confirmed eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano in 600 years,” Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
The Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, based in the US, however, lists Krasheninnikov’s last eruption as occurring 475 years ago in 1550.
