Tsunami warning as Russian volcano erupts after 475 years

"A volcano in eastern Russia erupted for the first time in 475 years, prompting a tsunami warning.
The Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka became active days after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit the region.
Pictures released by Russian state media showed a plume of ash towering over the volcano, which last erupted in 1550, according to the US-based Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program.

Its eruption was accompanied by another, 7.0-magnitude, earthquake and a tsunami warning.
The Russian authorities said waves were possible in three areas of Kamchatka, telling residents via Telegram: “The expected wave heights are low, but you must still move away from the shore.”
Russia’s ministry for emergency services later lifted the tsunami warning.
The plume of ash was estimated to have reached an altitude of 19,700ft, Kamchatka’s ministry of emergency situations said in a post on Telegram.
The ministry wrote: “The plume is spreading eastward from the volcano toward the Pacific Ocean. There are no populated areas along its path, and no ashfall has been recorded in inhabited localities.”
The volcano had been assigned an “orange” aviation hazard code, the ministry added, meaning flights in the area might be disrupted." msn