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Shiveluch Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in Kamchatka and regularly produces eruptions and ash emissions.
On Monday morning, the Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka threw ash to a height of about six kilometers above sea level.
The event was recorded by cameras of the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
P.-KAMCHATSKY, October 5 – RIA Novosti. On Monday morning, the Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka threw ash to a height of about six kilometers above sea level; cameras of the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences recorded the event, the service reported.
“10.47 October 5, 2026 (1.47 Moscow time - ed.). Ash emission on the Shiveluch volcano to an altitude of about 6000 meters above sea level. Video from the camera of the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center of the Unified State Geosciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences," scientists wrote on the Max platform.

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