On Sunday, August 18, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 occurred off the coast of Kamchatka. It was followed by the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano. According to Russian media, the earthquake was registered 108 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the early morning local time, UNN reports.
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After the earthquake, a series of aftershocks with a magnitude of 3.9 occurred off the coast of Kamchatka. There is no threat of a tsunami after the earthquake off the coast of the peninsula.
Later, it became known that the earthquake was followed by an eruption of the Shiveluch volcano. According to visual estimates, the height of the ash column is 8 km above sea level. Lava is currently being squeezed out.