The Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula has begun erupting, the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Geophysical Service reports. According to the experts, lava is flowing down the volcano’s western slope,

Residents fled inland as ports flooded on Kamchatka near the quake's epicenter, while frothy, white waves washed up on the shore in northern Japan. Cars jammed streets and highways in Honolulu, with standstill traffic even in areas away from the sea.