The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia’s Far East last week, Russia’s RIA state news agency and scientists reported on Sunday.

Officials believe a volcano that erupted in Russia after hundreds of years may be connected to a huge earthquake last week. See video and photos.

MOSCOW — For the first time in 600 years, the Krasheninnikov volcano in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted, sending a massive ash plume up to six kilometres into the sky, the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported.