The Krasheninnikov volcano, located less than 150 miles away from the epicenter of Russia’s July 29 earthquake, began erupting on August 3

Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano erupted for the first time in centuries on August 3, sending ash and gas nearly four miles into the atmosphere—less than 150 miles away from the epicenter of the magnitude 8.

MOSCOW — For the first time in 600 years, the Krasheninnikov volcano in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted, sending a massive ash plume up to six kilometres into the sky, the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported.