Shiveluch Volcano, one of Russia’s most active volcanoes, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, erupted this Tuesday, sending off a massive ash cloud that spread over an area of 108,000 square kilometers, leaving several villages covered in volcanic dust.
According to the Geophysical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, quoted by Reuters, the eruption occurred shortly after midnight and reached its peak about six hours later.
The magma that fell from the volcano melted the snow and caused a lava flow along the highway. In the villages, the ash layer reached 8.5 centimeters deep, the highest value in the last 60 years.
“The ash reached 20 kilometers in height, the ash cloud shifted to the west, and there was a very strong ash fall in the nearby villages,” said Danila Chebrov, director of the Kamchatka Volcanic Region Study Group at the Academy’s Geophysical Institute. Sciences of Russia. “Volkan has been preparing for this for at least a year, and the process continues, although now it has calmed down a bit,” he added.
About 300,000 people live on the Kamchatka Peninsula, which lies close to the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Japan.
There were no reports of fatalities, although scientists said the volcano was still erupting 15 hours later.
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