Videos show massive debris clouds spewing from a Russian volcano that erupted for what is believed to be the first time in six centuries.

The Krasheninnikov Volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight Aug. 3 for the first time in 600 years, Russia's RIA state news agency and scientists reported, according to Reuters .

Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, said the eruption is believed to be connected to a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Kamchatka on July 29, RIA reported.

On Telegram, Girina said that Krasheninnikov's last lava known effusion happened in the 1400s.

An ash plume rising up to 3.7 miles was recorded following the volcano's eruption and drifted eastward toward the Pacific Ocean, Russia's ministry for emergency serv

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