A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the Kuril Islands, Russia. The epicenter was 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) deep. Russia's Emergency Services Ministry said Sunday that tsunami waves were possible in three areas of Kamchatka in Russia's Far East.
"The expected wave height is low, but you should still leave the coast," the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday, A2 CNN reports.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning System, which rated the quake at magnitude 7.0, said there was no tsunami warning after the quake. The U.S. Geological Survey also said the quake was magnitude 7.
Overnight, the Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka erupted for the first time in 600 years, Russia's state-run RIA news agency and scientists reported on Sunday.
Both incidents could be linked to the large earthquake that shook Russia's Far East last week, which triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by the eruption of Klyuchevskoy, the most active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, writes A2 CNN.
The Kuril Islands extend from the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Russian scientists had warned on Wednesday that strong aftershocks were possible in the region in the next few weeks.
"This is the first historically confirmed eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano in 600 years," RIA quoted Olga Girinan, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, as saying. (A2 Televizion)
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