The Kamchatka branch of Russia’s ministry for emergency services said an ash plume was recorded rising up 5-6 kilometres following the volcano’s eruption, and drifted 75 kilometres eastward. View on e

Russia’s Krasheninnikov Volcano erupted for the first time in recorded history, sending ash 6 km high. No settlements are threatened. The eruption follows a recent major earthquake in Kamchatka.

The Krasheninnikov Volcano on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted for the first time in recorded history, local