New spectacular ash eruption from Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka
An ash column reached 7 kilometres above sea level on Wednesday morning.
Shiveluch, pictured, is one of Kamchatka's largest and most active volcanoes, famed for its explosive eruptions, and under constant observation. Picture: Klyuchi Volcanology Observatory
The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake on the volcano that lasted for about 10 minutes, said the Seismology and Volcanology laboratory of the Kamchatka branch of the Russian Geophysical Service, reported Itar-Tass.
The gas and ash plume was drifting to the south but there was no ash fall registered at the settlement of Klyucho some 50km from the foot of the volcano.
Shiveluch is one of Kamchatka's largest and most active volcanoes, famed for its explosive eruptions, and under constant observation. It has been active for the past three decades but poses no danger to nearby settlements.
It is 450km northeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the regional capital, and stands at a height of 3,283 metres above sea level.
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