Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka, RF (Weltexpress). The Krascheninnikov volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, which is currently erupting for the first time in centuries, has sent a cloud of ash eleven and a half kilometres into the air, according to the Kamchatka Ministry of Emergency Situations.
‘According to the Laboratory for Earthquake and Volcanism Research at the Kamchatka Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, explosions on the afternoon of 9 August 2025 sent ash from the volcano up to 11,500 metres high, with the volcano itself reaching a height of 4,750 metres,’ the statement said.
The ash cloud is spreading northeast towards the Kamchatka Strait. The Krachennikov volcano is part of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka stratovolcano and is the highest active volcano in Eurasia.
On 5 August 2025, it sent a cloud of ash eight kilometres into the sky. The volcano is cone-shaped and has a caldera 700 metres wide. There are about 80 lateral explosion craters and cinder cones on its slopes. It erupted for the first time since the 16th century after the Kamchatka Peninsula was shaken by a severe earthquake on 30 July 2025. Its eruption continues to intensify. On 8 August 2025, it spewed ash twice.
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