A volcano near a major naval base on Russia's eastern coast erupted early Sunday following a powerful magnitude-7.0 earthquake in the Pacific, approximately 63 miles away, according to Russian state-run media.
The Shiveluch volcano sent a towering ash plume 5 miles above sea level and unleashed a flow of lava, TASS reported Sunday morning, citing scientists from the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Located about 280 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city with over 181,000 residents in Russia's Kamchatka region, the volcano is part of a landscape dotted with volcanic activity and is situated near a key Russian submarine base across the bay.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake struck 18 miles beneath the Pacific Ocean, with its epicenter located around 63 miles east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake.
This photo, released by the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Sunday, August 18, 2024, captures the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano. The eruption was reportedly triggered by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake located approximately 102 kilometers (63 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
The earthquake triggered a tsunami warning, which was later lifted.
Initially, the U.S. National Weather Service's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu cautioned that hazardous tsunami waves could affect coastlines within 300 miles (480 kilometers) of the earthquake's epicenter. However, the center later announced that the threat had passed.
They also noted that minor sea level fluctuations might still occur in some coastal areas near the earthquake site for several hours.
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