Moment volcano in Russia’s far east erupts after Pacific earthquake

This is the moment Russia’s Klyuchevskoy volcano erupted on the Kamchatka Peninsula, following a powerful Pacific earthquake on Wednesday (30 July). The 8.8-magnitude quake damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, though no fatalities were reported. A camera at the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Centre of Geophysical Surveys captured the eruption in time-lapse footage. The Russian Academy of Sciences’ United Geophysical Service confirmed the eruption on Telegram, stating: “A descent of burning hot lava is observed on the western slope. Powerful glow above the volcano, explosions.” Klyuchevskoy, around 450 km north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, is one of the highest volcanoes in the world.