Powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East triggers volcanic eruption
The Shiveluch volcano began sputtering shortly after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Kamchatka’s east coast early Sunday.
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00:00An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 has struck off the far eastern coast
00:06of Russia near a major naval base.
00:10The earthquake, at a depth of 6 kilometers, triggered the eruption of two volcanoes in
00:15the Kuril Islands on Sunday.
00:18The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially warned that Azado tsunami waves were possible
00:24for coasts within 480 kilometers of the epicenter.
00:29There have been no reports of any casualties.