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Volcano in Russia’s far east erupts after huge Pacific earthquake

Klyuchevskoy volcano erupted after a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake caused tsunami waves in the pacific | By Mark Trevelyan , Alex Croft/ The Independent

August 3, 2025
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The eruption of the Shiveluch volcano is seen in Kamchatka Peninsul. (Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

The eruption of the Shiveluch volcano is seen in Kamchatka Peninsul. (Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

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Russia’s Klyuchevskoy volcano has erupted on the Kamchatka peninsula, following a powerful earthquake in the Pacific on Wednesday.

Scientists described the “descent of burning hot lava” down the slopes of one of the world’s highest active volcanoes, hours after a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the region and prompted tsunami waves in the pacific.

Klyuchevskoy, which has erupted several times over recent years, is located approximately 450 km (280 miles) north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the regional capital.

The Russian Academy of Sciences’ United Geophysical Service confirmed the eruption, stating on Telegram: “A descent of burning hot lava is observed on the western slope. Powerful glow above the volcano, explosions.”

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The Klyuchevskoy volcano, one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, erupts in Russia's northern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far Eat, on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023
The Klyuchevskoy volcano, one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, erupts in Russia’s northern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far Eat, on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 (Getty/iStock)

The Russian Academy of Sciences’ United Geophysical Service confirmed the eruption, stating on Telegram: “A descent of burning hot lava is observed on the western slope. Powerful glow above the volcano, explosions.”

Wednesday’s 8.8 magnitude quake off Kamchatka damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, but no fatalities were reported.

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The tsunami danger already appeared to be lessening in some places, with authorities downgrading their warnings in Hawaii, Japan and parts of Russia.

This video grab from a drone handout footage released by Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences on July 30, 2025, shows the tsunami-hit Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir island of Russia's northern Kuril islandss
This video grab from a drone handout footage released by Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences on July 30, 2025, shows the tsunami-hit Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir island of Russia’s northern Kuril islandss (Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Residents fled inland as ports flooded on Kamchatka near the quake’s epicenter, while frothy, white waves washed up on the shore in northern Japan. Cars jammed streets and highways in Honolulu, with standstill traffic even in areas away from the sea.

People flocked to evacuation centers in affected areas of Japan, with memories fresh of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that caused reactor meltdowns at a nuclear power plant. No abnormalities in operations at Japan’s nuclear plants were reported Wednesday.

A tsunami height of 3 to 4 meters (10 to 13 feet) was recorded in Kamchatka, 60 centimeters (2 feet) on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, while tsunami waves about 2 to 5 feet high reached San Francisco early Wednesday, officials said.

Much of the West Coast, spanning California, Oregon, Washington state, and the Canadian province of British Columbia, were under a tsunami advisory.

A still image taken from a handout video provided by the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences shows a flooded area in Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region, Russia
A still image taken from a handout video provided by the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences shows a flooded area in Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region, Russia (Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Hawaii was still under a tsunami advisory as Wednesday began, but evacuation orders on the Big Island and Oahu, the most populated island, had been lifted.

The impact of the tsunami could last for hours or perhaps more than a day, said Dave Snider, tsunami warning coordinator with the National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska.”

A tsunami is not just one wave,” he said. “It’s a series of powerful waves over a long period of time. Tsunamis cross the ocean at hundreds of miles an hour — as fast as a jet airplane — in deep water. But when they get close to the shore, they slow down and start to pile up. And that’s where that inundation problem becomes a little bit more possible there.”

Danila Chebrov, director of the Kamchatka Branch of the Geophysical Service, said on Telegram: “Aftershocks are currently ongoing. Their intensity will remain fairly high. However, stronger tremors are not expected in the near future.”

This image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Tsunami Warning System shows tsunami warnings
This image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Tsunami Warning System shows tsunami warnings (NOAA)

No one has been seriously injured and there haven’t been reports of major damage, with the level of danger already appearing to be lessening in some places. Parts of Japan have downgraded warnings while authorities on the Kamchatka peninsula cancelled their tsunami warning.

Chile, however, has upgraded its warning to the highest level for most of its Pacific coast and is now evacuating hundreds of people.

In French Polynesia, authorities warned residents of some of the remote Marquesas Islands to move to higher ground and expect waves as high as 2.5 metres (8 feet), as waves started to hit some islands in the early hours of Wednesday.

Authorities in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands also ordered the precautionary evacuation of people living in vulnerable coastal areas on Wednesday.

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