Although officials have not yet issued detailed impact evaluations or evacuation orders, the moment of the eruption coincided with the earthquake that hit the Russian Costa of the Pacific on Wednesday
The klyuchevskoy volcano eruptedin the Russian Peninsula of Kamchatka, as confirmed on Wednesday the geophysical service of the region.
Although officials still They have not issued detailed impact evaluations No evacuation orders, the moment of the eruption coincided with The earthquake of magnitude 8.8 that hit the Russian Costa of the Pacific this Wednesday and that caused tsunami alerts around the world. The authorities continue to monitor volcanic and seismic activity in the area.
Kamchatka: The Russian Earth of Volcanoes
The Kamchatka Peninsula, located between the Ojootsk Sea and the Pacific Ocean, is known for its Great concentration of volcanoesmany of which remain active.
Part of the Pacific Fire belt, Kamchatka has about 30 active volcanoes of the almost 130 that has a total of the Unesco World Heritage list since 1996. In addition to the high volcanic activity, the region suffers constant earthquakes because it is on the edge of the American tectonic plate limiting with the Euroasytic, the Pacific, very close to the Pacific Filipina, becoming one of the areas with the greatest seismic activity on the planet.
Kamchatka volcanoes
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The Klyuchevskoy is the higher and asset of the volcano chain along Kamchatka and the highest in Eurasia. More than 100 eruptions have occurred in Klyuchevskoy in the last 3,000 yearsin addition to numerous cones and craters. However, most eruptions They have taken place in the top crater700 meters wide, formed again and again by the layers of pyroclastic materials and lava casts that expels the volcano. Between 500 and 3,600 meters of elevation there are about 80 vents, explosion craters and slag cones on their flanks.
This volcano is considered sacred by some indigenous peoplesbeing seen by them as the place where The world was created.
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