A volcano erupted in Russia hours before a magnitude 7 earthquake shook the ground near the country's east coast, according to the United States Geological Survey.

On Saturday, the Shiveluch volcano, which is located on the eastern side of the country, erupted at 11:45 a.m. UTC, and caused an explosion of ash to shoot up 32,800 feet in the air, according to an email from the USGS to USA TODAY.

Ust-Kamchatsk, a village located on the eastern shore of the Kamchatka Peninsula, was coated in a layer of ash on Sunday from the volcanic eruption that occurred the day before, according to footage released by Russian state-run media Zvezda.

KVERT reported that during 19-22 August lava extrusion possibly continued at Sheveluch’s “300 years of RAS” dome on the SW flank of Old Sheveluch and at a new vent or dome that formed during the 17-18 August explosive events. A weak thermal anomaly over the domes was identified in satellite images on 19 and 21 August. Resuspended ash from the S flank rose as high as 3 km (10,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted 200 km SE during 20-21 August based on webcam and satellite images. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange (the second highest level on a four-color scale). Dates are based on UTC times; specific events are in local time where noted.