Krasheninnikov volcano in Russia's east erupts for the first time in 600 years
The eruption comes just days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the region and caused tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile.
The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash 6 kilometres into the sky, according to staff at the Kronotsky Nature Reserve, where the volcano is located.
Images released by state media showed dense clouds of ash rising above the volcano.
"The plume is spreading eastward from the volcano toward the Pacific Ocean," Kamchatka's emergencies ministry wrote on Telegram during the eruption.
"There are no populated areas along its path, and no ash fall has been recorded in inhabited localities."
The eruption was accompanied by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake and prompted a tsunami warning for three areas of Kamchatka.
The tsunami warning was later lifted by Russia's Ministry for Emergency Services.
"This is the first historically confirmed eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano in 600 years," Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
However, the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, based in the US, lists Krasheninnikov's last eruption as occurring 475 years ago in 1550.
The reason for the discrepancy was not clear.
According to the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, the volcano's activity was decreasing but that "moderate explosive activity" could continue.
The eruption of the volcano has been assigned an orange aviation code, indicating a heightened risk to aircraft, the ministry said.
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