Posted on 07/31/2025 6:23:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
A tsunami triggered by a massive underwater earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia, impacting Hawaii, Alaska, and the U.S. West Coast in the overnight hours, has now led to the eruption of Eurasia’s highest and most active volcano, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Russian media Tass News said the 8.7 magnitude earthquake that struck off Russia’s Kamchatka was the “largest earthquake since 1952.” It cited the Russian Academy of Sciences, which now says the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano has begun to erupt shortly after the quake.
“Right now, Klyuchevskaya Sopka is erupting,” the Russian federal agency wrote in the post with an accompanying photograph of the volcano’s eruption.
Key facts about Klyuchevskaya Sopka:
Height: 4,750 meters (15,580 feet)
Type: Stratovolcano (steep-sided and symmetrical)
Location: Eastern Kamchatka, part of the Pacific “Ring of Fire”
Volcanic activity: One of the most active volcanoes in the world, with frequent eruptions recorded since the 17th century
Last eruption: Ongoing activity is common, with the most recent eruptions typically occurring every few years
Formation: Estimated to have formed about 7,000 years ago More footage of the eruption:
🚨🇷🇺 🌋 VOLCANO ERUPTS IN RUSSIA'S KAMCHATKA AFTER STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE
The eruption of Klyuchevskaya Sopka began shortly after a powerful earthquake hit Kamchatka, with aftershocks still shaking the region. pic.twitter.com/JsSmE4Sa0B— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) July 30, 2025
Following an earthquake in Kamchatka, the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano began erupting
Klyuchevskaya Sopka is the tallest and one of the most active volcanoes in Eurasia (4,750 m), located in Kamchatka. pic.twitter.com/hwGSwrdPpD— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 30, 2025
Both the tsunami-triggering quake and the volcanic eruption stem from tectonic movements along the Pacific Ring of Fire, particularly the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate. This suggests a major stress release event in the Earth’s crust.
This kind of event cluster in rapid succession could indicate a larger regional stress redistribution, raising the risk of additional quakes or eruptions in adjacent fault lines or volcanoes (e.g., in the Aleutians, Kuril Islands, or even Japan).
Not disagreeing to that.
Whats the likelyhood?
Man will kill himself off.
Yet.
He will come very close.....................
Just a thought that i had.
AI.
Which ones? I live in Arizona and we have dead volcanic cones all over the place.
Had to check back on your reply.
You didnt say “super” volcano.
You know your stuff.
Made me smile.
They tell me that there are hot spots up on the peaks.
Like you say, there are cinder cones all over.
I often wonder if Mormon lake is an ancient caldera.
My interest is in ancient geology.
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