Kamchatka peninsula – आवारा मुसाफिर

Eurasia’s tallest active volcano erupts

November 1, 2023688 Views

Sends ash columns above a Russian peninsula Huge ash columns erupted from Eurasia’s tallest active volcano Wednesday, forcing authorities to close schools in two towns on Russia’s sparsely populated Kamchatka Peninsula. The eruptions from the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano sent ash as high as 13 kilometers (8 miles) above sea level, officials said. The Klyuchevskoy volcano, one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, erupts in Russia's northern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuri Demyanchuk) There were no reports of injuries, but officials ordered schools in Ust-Kamchatsk and Klyuchy closed as a precaution. Each town has a population of about 5,000. Klyuchy is located about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the volcano and Ust-Kamchat...

खबरनामाघटनाएंरूस

Volcano erupts in Russian far east, followed by an earthquake

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

April 11, 2023856 Views

One of Russia's most active volcanoes erupted on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Tuesday, shooting a vast cloud of ash far into the sky that smothered villages in drifts of grey volcanic dust and triggered an aviation warning. The Shiveluch volcano erupted just after midnight and reached a crescendo about six hours later, spewing out an ash cloud over an area of 108,000 square kilometres (41,700 square miles), extended over 500 kilometers (more than 300 miles) northwest and engulfed several villages in grey volcanic dust, according to the Kamchatka Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Geophysical Survey. A view shows cars covered in volcanic dust following the eruption of Shiveluch volcano in the settlement of Klyuchi on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia April 11, 2023. O...