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2025's Megaquake Appears to Have Awakened a Volcano That Was Dormant For 500 Years
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Krasheninnikov imaged from space in November 2025. (NASA Earth Observatory) For nearly five centuries, the Krasheninnikov volcano in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula had not erupted. Nor did it seem particularly interested in doing so. Then, just before midday on 30 July 2025 local time, off Kamchatka's coast, Earth's crust abruptly tripped over itself.
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