This is the moment Russia’s Klyuchevskoy volcano erupted on the Kamchatka Peninsula, following a powerful Pacific earthquake on Wednesday (30 July).
The 8.8-magnitude quake damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, though no fatalities were reported.
A camera at the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Centre of Geophysical Surveys captured the eruption in time-lapse footage.
The Russian Academy of Sciences’ United Geophysical Service confirmed the eruption on Telegram, stating: “A descent of burning hot lava is observed on the western slope. Powerful glow above the volcano, explosions.”
Klyuchevskoy, around 450 km north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, is one of the highest volcanoes in the world.
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