Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Aug. 4 -- A massive surge in volcanic activity is currently underway in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, where six volcanoes are either erupting or otherwise showing signs of unrest in what scientists are calling a rare "parade of eruptions."
The phenomenon has been described as the largest volcanic surge in the region in nearly three centuries, reports Russian state media TASS.
"The last time Kamchatka saw such extensive volcanic activity was in 1737, following a magnitude-9 earthquake," said Alexey Ozerov, director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Far Eastern Branch.
He noted that massive 8.8 quake on July 30 could have triggered the renewed activity, awak...