Tsunami Warning Issued After Powerful Earthquake Near Kuril Islands

After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the nearby Kuril Islands, Russia's Ministry for Emergency Services said on Sunday that tsunami waves were possible in three areas of Kamchatka in Russia's Far East.

The expected wave heights are low, but you must still move away from the shore," the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning System, which gauged the quake at 7.0, said, however, there was no tsunami warning after the quake. The US Geological Survey also said the earthquake was at a magnitude of 7.

Overnight, the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka erupted for the first time in 600 years, Russia's RIA state news agency and scientists reported on Sunday

Both incidents could be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week, that triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of Klyuchevskoy, the most active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.