The volcano of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano occurred in the Kamchatka Territory of the Russian Federation after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8.
About this on Wednesday, July 30 is reported in the telegram channel of the Kamchatka branch of the FICS “Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences”. The publications, to which the picture from the camera installed at the seismic station of the Kamchatka branch of the FIC of the EGS of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Kirishev” is attached.
according to preliminary information, there is a gathering of a dedicated lava along the western slope, the local branch of the geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Sciences noted. “A powerful glow over the volcano, explosions” – follows from the publication.
Klyuchevskaya hill or Klyuchevskaya – the current stratovulcan in the east of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The highest active volcano in Eurasia. The age is approximately 7,000 years. The height varies from 4688 to 4750 meters and higher above sea level.
Earthquake in Kamchatka
on the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Far East of Russia on Wednesday, on July 31, a powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8 occurred. According to the US Geological Service (USGS), the underground tremors were recorded 119 kilometers southeast of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
the focus of the earthquake crawled at a depth of about 20 kilometers. After the main push in the region, powerful apothershoks of magnitude 6.9 and 6.3.