The volcano has been assigned an orange color code, indicating a high likelihood of ash emissions and potential hazards to aviation.

On Tuesday, Klyuchevskoy volcano in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula ejected an ash plume reaching 7 kilometers above sea level, with the cloud drifting southeast toward the Pacific Ocean.

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“There are no settlements in the path of the ash cloud, and no ash fallout has been recorded in populated areas. No registered tourist groups are currently in the vicinity of the volcano,” the Kamchatka branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on its Telegram channel.

The volcano has been assigned an orange aviation color code, indicating a high likelihood of ash emissions and potential hazards to aviation.

The eruption activity intensified on Monday, when the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences recorded four separate ash plumes from Klyuchevskoy, with the highest reaching 9 kilometers above sea level.

Authorities have warned that ash emissions of 6 to 10 kilometers remain possible on several active volcanoes in the region and urged residents and tourists to avoid traveling within a 10-kilometer radius of these volcanoes.

Standing at 4,754 meters above sea level, Klyuchevskoy is the tallest active volcano in Eurasia and is located in the Ust-Kamchatsky District. Its current eruptive phase began in April.

The volcanic activity follows a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Kamchatka on July 30, which was the strongest in the region since 1952. The quake was felt as far as the northern Kuril Islands, triggering a tsunami warning and prompting a state of emergency in the Severo-Kurilsk district.

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Source: Xinhua

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