The Russian volcano broke out for the first time in centuries

A volcano in a distant Eastern Russia broke out for the first time in more than 500 years, which experts say it may be related to the mass earthquake last week.

Krachinikov’s volcano in Kamchatka threw ash up to six kilometers (3.7 miles) high in one night. There are no threats to the settlements, a ministry said.

Hours later, another major earthquake in Russia has led to tsunami warnings in three areas of the peninsula.

Both events can be connected to a A massive earthquake with a magnitude 8.8 that hit a similar zone last weekWhich triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile.

Russian experts had warned that strong afters were possible for a few weeks after Wednesday Earthquake – which was one of the strongest, recorded and saw millions of people evacuated.

The magnitude Sunday on Sunday has hit the Kuril Islands and can lead to waves up to 18 cm (7 inches), the Russian Ministry of Emergency said.

It says that people in three areas of Kamchatka “still have to move away from the shore”, despite the heights of the low wave.

The last recorded eruption of Kravnnikov was in the 15th century, according to the head of the Kamchatka volcanic eruption team.

Olga Jirina also said she could be linked to a wider earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8, according to the Russian State Agency RIA.

The Kamchatka Peninsula is remote, but is located in the “Pacific Ring on Fire” – so -called because of the large number of earthquakes and volcanoes that happen here.