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| Klyuchevskoy volcano erupts in Kamchatka after earthquake |
| 2025-07-31 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Russia can't seem to catch a break. Maybe it's time for Volodya to call it. [Regnum] In the Kamchatka Territory, after a powerful earthquake, the Klyuchevskoy volcano erupted. This was reported on July 30 by the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center "Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences" (UGS RAS). “Right now, Klyuchevskoy is erupting,” the branch said in a message on its Telegram channel. Attached to the post are photos and videos from a camera installed at the Kirisheva seismic station. They show a powerful flash and explosions. Scientists added that hot lava is seen flowing down the western slope. Klyuchevskoy Volcano (Klyuchevskaya Sopka) is located 30 km from the village of Klyuchi in the Ust-Kamchatsky District, where about 4,500 people live. It is the highest active volcano in Eurasia. Its age is approximately 7,000 years. On July 30, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 occurred in Kamchatka. The seismic event was the strongest since 1952. In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the wall of a kindergarten collapsed during the tremors, no one was hurt. A tsunami threat was declared in the region, residents were asked not to approach the coast in dangerous areas. After the earthquake in Kamchatka, more than three dozen more tremors of varying intensity were registered. Their magnitude ranged from 2 to 5. Tsunami waves rose to a height of up to six meters. An emergency response center was set up in the region. No destruction of energy infrastructure facilities as a result of the seismic event in Kamchatka was recorded. No serious damage to housing was found in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovsky Municipal District and Vilyuchinsky Urban District. On April 21, the Klyuchevskoy volcano began to erupt. The thermal anomaly in the volcano's summit crater was first recorded on March 30, then on April 4 and 9. Glow in the volcano's crater was first noted on April 20. Experts warned the population and tourists against visiting the Klyuchevskoy volcano area. More from regnum.ru Surgeons in Kamchatka told how they performed an operation during an earthquake Kamchatka doctors who performed surgery during the strongest earthquake told journalists that, despite the strong tremors, they continued the surgical intervention, guided by professional duty. Head of the second surgical department of the Kamchatka regional oncology dispensary Yana Gvozdeva admitted that she had encountered such a strong earthquake for the first time. According to her, the tremors were getting stronger and then weaker, which was why it was really scary. “At work, duty comes first; here, no disturbances of the earth, tools, or equipment interfered with us; we did our job,” REN TV quotes her as saying. The doctor explained that it was not possible to interrupt the operation, and it was also dangerous to bring the patient out of anesthesia during the jolts. "We were thinking about how the operating table would fall, how the patient would not jump out of our hands, it was scary, really. If in such a situation the patient, God forbid, falls off the table, the consequences are enormous," Gvozdeva explained. She added that the team consisted of five people who acted in a coordinated manner as a team – no one left their workplace. Oncologist Lyubov Tsyplakova from the Kamchatka Regional Oncology Center noted that the operation was proceeding as usual when tremors suddenly began. "There were no thoughts of running anywhere. Our anesthesiologist held all the equipment with his hands so that it wouldn't fall anywhere, the nurse held the patient so that she wouldn't fall off the table, fixed her so that the instruments wouldn't fly apart," Tsyplakova explained. Kamchatka Krai Governor Vladimir Solodov reported on his Telegram channel that he gave the order to prepare documents for awarding the doctors of the oncology dispensary with state awards. “Such courage deserves the highest praise,” he said, noting the workers’ professionalism and dedication to the cause. |
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