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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, August 3 (Xinhua) — The activity of the Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka, which began erupting on Sunday night, has decreased, the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported.
"The volcano's activity has decreased. Moderate explosive activity may still be occurring, but no dense ash plume is visible from the volcano on satellite images. The volcano is currently covered by dense cloud cover," the agency said in a statement.
Scientists note that ash emissions up to 10 km above sea level may occur at any time. The volcano has been assigned an “orange” aviation hazard code.
The volcano belongs to the Eastern Volcanic Belt. It is located on the territory of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve, 200 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The height of the volcano is 1856 m.
According to Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team /KVERT/, this is the first eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano in 600 years. According to her, the eruption is possibly related to the recent strong earthquake on the peninsula. –0–
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