Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Services ended the tsunami warning for the Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday.A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the nearby Kuril Islands earlier in the day.The ministry said on Telegram that waves would stay low but urged people to avoid the coast.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning System reported no tsunami threat after the quake. The US Geological Survey also confirmed the earthquake at magnitude 7.

Overnight, the Krasheninnikov Volcano erupted for the first time in 600 years.
Russia’s RIA state news agency and scientists verified the rare eruption on Sunday.
The earthquake and eruption may link to last week’s massive Far East quake.

The earlier earthquake triggered tsunami alerts as far as French Polynesia and Chile.
It was followed by the eruption of Klyuchevskoy, Kamchatka’s most active volcano.

The Kuril Islands stretch from the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Russian scientists warned on Wednesday that strong aftershocks could continue for weeks.
“This is the first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov Volcano in 600 years,” said Olga Girina of the Volcanic Eruption Response Team.

On the Telegram channel of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Girina shared more details.She said the last lava flow happened within 40 years of 1463, and no eruption occurred since.

The Kamchatka branch of the ministry reported an ash plume rising 6,000 meters (3.7 miles).The volcano stands at 1,856 meters tall.“The ash cloud drifted east toward the Pacific Ocean. No populated areas lie in its path,” the ministry said.

Officials assigned the volcano an orange aviation code to warn aircraft of higher risk.
Authorities confirmed no immediate threat to local residents.

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