Russia, Kamchatka and Earthquake
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A powerful new earthquake has struck Russia’s Kamchatka region, following a series of massive quakes over the weekend. Videos from the epicenter show the live impact as residents feel the tremors and aftershocks continue to rattle the area.
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Live Science on MSNRussian volcano grows 'devil horns' and spits out 1,000-mile-long river of smoke — Earth from space
A false-color satellite photo from 2023 shows a devilish pair of lava flows and an enormous plume of smoke spewing from Klyuchevskoy, the tallest volcano in Europe and Asia.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has issued a warning for Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after two quakes — the larger with a magnitude of 7.4 — struck in the sea nearby on Sunday. The larger quake was at a depth of 20 kilometers and was 144 kilometers east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of 180,000.
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