Watch: Krasheninnikov volcano erupts after 600 years; Russia earthquake could have triggered it
The Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka erupted overnight for the first time in 600 years, scientists and Russia's national news agency, RIA, announced on Sunday.
Ash plume as high as 6,000 meters (3.7 miles) has been observed after the volcano erupted, according to Kamchatka's Ministry of Emergency Situations.
"The plume is spreading eastward from the volcano toward the Pacific Ocean. There are no populated areas along its path, and no ashfall has been recorded in inhabited localities," the ministry said.
The massive earthquake that shook Russia's far east last week, which sent tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, may have caused Krasheninnikov to erupt.
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According to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, the dormant volcano last erupted in 1550, reported AFP.
According to the ministry, 'The eruption of the volcano has been assigned an orange aviation code, indicating a heightened risk to aircraft.
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