WATCH: Klyuchevskoy volcano erupts after quake in Russia's far east

Hours after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula —prompting evacuations and tsunami warnings across parts of the Pacific — a volcano in the same region erupted on Wednesday, Russian scientists reported.

The eruption came from Klyuchevskoy, the tallest active volcano in both Europe and Asia.

Eruptions at Klyuchevskoy are not unusual — the volcano has erupted at least 18 times since 2000, according to data from the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program.

“The Klyuchevskoy is erupting right now,” AFP quoted Russia’s Geophysical Survey saying on Telegram, posting photos of an orange blaze on top of the 4,700 metre (15,000 feet) volcano.

“Red-hot lava is observed flowing down the western slope. There is a powerful glow above the volcano and explosions,” it added.

Earlier on Wednesday, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka region.

The tsunami warning in Kamchatka was lifted 11 hours later as the quake causing massive waves have spared the sparsely populated area close to Japan.

No major damage or casualties from its eruptions were ever recorded, with the closest big city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk located hundreds of kilometres away.

With inputs from agencies