Russia's Ministry for Emergency Services lifted a tsunami warning for the Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday (Aug 3) after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the nearby Kuril Islands. The ministry had said earlier on the Telegram messaging app that expected wave heights were low,

After 600 years, Russia's Krasheninnikov volcano erupted on Sunday in Kamchatka, sending ash six kilometres high. Authorities issued an orange aviation warning, with the plume drifting southeast toward the Pacific Ocean.

A volcano in eastern Russia erupted for the first time in 475 years, prompting a tsunami warning. The Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka became active days after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit the region.