A dramatic natural event has shaken Russia’s Far East. On Wednesday morning, the Kamchatka Peninsula’s powerful Klyuchevskoy volcano erupted. This eruption occurred soon after a powerful earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia.

The Ring of Fire stretches from the southern tip of South America, up through North America's west coast, across the Bering Strait, down through Japan and the Philippines, and all the way to New Zealand, even linking back through volcanic regions of Antarctica.

The peninsula is located in eastern Russia, very close to Alaska. It lies within the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a common site of earthquakes.