A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years.

The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash six kilometres into the sky on Saturday (local time), days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake in the same area triggered tsunamis and warnings across the Pacific.

Images released by Russian state media showed dense clouds of ash rising above the volcano in the Kronotsky Reserve.

“The plume is spreading eastward from the volcano toward the Pacific Ocean. There are no populated areas along its path, and no ashfall has been recorded in inhabited localities,” Kamchatka’s emergencies ministry wrote on Telegram during the eruption.