A volcano near a major naval base on Russia’s east coast erupted Sunday morning after a strong 7. 0 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific about 63 miles away, according to Russian state media. This triggered a “code red” warning for the planes.
The Shiveluch volcano spewed a plume of ash five miles above sea level and released a jet of lava, news firm Tass reported Sunday morning, citing scientists from the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far East Branch of the Russia Academy of Sciences. .
The volcano is about 280 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city of more than 181,000 people in the eastern Kamchatka region of Russia. The city is surrounded by volcanoes and faces a bay from a major Russian submarine base.
The Ebeko volcano, located on the Kuril Islands, also spewed ash at a height of 2. 4 kilometers, according to the institute. It’s unclear whether the quake triggered the eruptions.
A “code red” ash cloud warning briefly put all aircraft in the area on alert, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team reported. A separate report released Sunday via Tass said no commercial flights were disrupted and there was no damage to aviation infrastructure.
The U. S. Geological Survey said the earthquake occurred 18 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Its epicenter was about 63 miles east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. No injuries or injuries have been reported in the past as a result of the earthquake.
The earthquake triggered a tsunami warning that was later lifted.
The U. S. National Weather Service’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (SIDS)The U. S. Centers in Honolulu first warned that it was possible to imagine damaging tsunami waves off the coast within 300 miles (480 kilometers) of the quake’s epicenter, but then announced that the risk had disappeared.
The center said minor fluctuations in sea level could occur for several hours in some coastal areas near the earthquake site.