Russia’s Kamchatka earthquake awakens dormant volcano after 500+ years (VIDEOS)

The major jolt in the Far East previously triggered the eruption of Eurasia’s tallest Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano The Krasheninnikov volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted for the first time in modern history, after a massive offshore earthquake triggered renewed volcanic activity in the Far East, local authorities have said. The eruption occurred at 4:50am local time on Sunday, sending a 6,000-meter ash column into the air from the 1,856-meter-high peak, according to the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT). “This is the first historic eruption of Krasheninnikov in 600...