Moscow, Oct 4
One of three volcano climbers falling off the slope in Russia's Kamchatka Krai has died, according to authorities on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, reports said that a group of three mountaineers fell while ascending the Vilyuchinsky Volcano. At 18:22 local time (0522 GMT), a helicopter carrying rescuers and medical personnel was dispatched to the scene.
Meanwhile, the Kronotsky volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula spewed ash to a height of 9.2 kilometres above sea level on Saturday, local authorities said.
On Friday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted off the east coast of Kamchatka at 1607 GMT, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 51.71 degrees north latitude and 159.79 degrees east longitude.