CCTV News reported on July 30 that after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake occurred near the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in the area also began to erupt.

The Kamchatka Branch of the Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, released information about this eruption on social media, stating that magma was flowing down the western slopes of the volcano. At the same time, violent eruptions could be observed from above the crater. There is a village located 30 kilometers from the volcano, and so far there have been no reports of the village being affected by this volcanic eruption.

Aerial photograph of the eruption of Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano released by the Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences

Alexey Ozerov, director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, stated that seismic activity often affects volcanic activity on the Kamchatka Peninsula. For example, after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in the eastern waters of the Kamchatka Peninsula on July 20, the Avacha volcano was recorded to have volcanic gas eruptions up to 200 to 300 meters high, and local tourists were advised to delay mountain climbing activities.

According to the introduction, Klyuchevskaya Sopka is also located on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the eastern part of the Ushkovsky Mountains, with an altitude of 4,750 meters, a crater diameter of about 700 meters, it is the highest active volcano in Eurasia, and one of the largest and most active volcanoes in the world. The 8.7-magnitude earthquake that occurred near the Kamchatka Peninsula earlier that day was the strongest earthquake in the region since 1952. Due to this strong earthquake, many countries along the Pacific coast issued tsunami warnings or alerts, and tsunami waves were observed in multiple places.

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