A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first ...

Local seismographs registered the energy associated with the shockwave from one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.

The eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano was accompanied by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake and prompted a tsunami warning.

Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Services lifted a tsunami warning for the Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday, shortly after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the nearby Kuril Islands.

Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT), called it “the first historically confirmed ...

The quake was followed by the volcanic eruption of Klyuchevskoy, which is considered as the most active volcano in the Kamchatka region.