Huge clouds of ash and glowing lava erupt from two volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula - Klyuchevskaya
A peninsula that extends into the Pacific Oceanapproximately 6,600 km east of Moscow, is one of the most concentrated areas of geothermal activity in the world, with about 30 active volcanoes. According to media reports, the sudden activity followed a strong earthquake on Saturday.
Scientists say a volcanic eruption couldstart at any moment, so you cannot approach it within a radius of 15 km. Ash emissions to a height of up to 4,600 m have already been recorded. The ash plume extends 10 km northeast of the volcano.
Kamchatka is sparsely populated.The city of Klyuchi, with a population of about 5,000 people, is located between two volcanoes, 30-50 km from each. Each is approximately 450 km from the peninsula's only major city, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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