"On Friday afternoon local time, an ash emit occurred at Shiveluch volcano," said a service representative.

According to seismic data, its height was 6.3 thousand meters above sea level, while the height of the first was about 6.7 thousand meters.

It is noted that it is not yet possible to determine the direction of propagation of the ash plume due to cloudiness.

Earlier, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.