The Krasheninnikov Volcano, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula, released a massive ash plume reaching up to 6,000 meters (3.7 miles) into the sky, according to Russia’s emergency services ministry. ,

Russia's remote Krasheninnikov volcano, dormant for roughly 600 years, erupted overnight in Kamchatka peninsula in the country's far east, just days after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the region.

The eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano on Sunday in Russia’s Far East came after a series of seismic events this past week on the Kamchatka peninsula.