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Mar 11, 2024 · 13 years ago, North Pacific Ocean, Japan, was hit by a magnitude 9.1 quake on Friday, Mar 11, 2011, at 02:46 pm (GMT +9). This was the largest earthquake to have occurred in or near Japan in more than 100 years (since 1900). Below is a list and map of the largest quakes in or near Japan in recent years and since 1900.
Feb 9, 2023 · Photo taken from an unmanned fixed-point camera in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows an eruption on Sakurajima volcano on Wednesday. It was the first explosive eruption since April 2018 at the volcano's Showa crater. A local weather observatory warned those within a 2-kilometer radius against pyroclastic flows and falling rocks.
Mount Unzen (雲仙岳, Unzen-dake) is an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island. In 1792, the collapse of one of its several lava domes triggered a megatsunami that killed 14,524 people in Japan's worst volcanic-related disaster .
Oct 20, 2021 · Login to leave a comment. Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupted on Wednesday, spewing a giant column of ash thousands of meters into the sky as hikers rushed away from the popular tourist spot. No injuries were immediately reported after the late-morning eruption of the volcano in southwest Japan, which sent rocks flying in a….
14 hours ago · Izu-Oshima volcano, 伊豆大島 Izu-ōshima) is the northernmost of the Izu islands of Japan, and one of the world's most active volcanoes. It is a mostly submerged stratovolcano that forms an 11 x 13 km island. Oshima erupts very frequently, on average every 1-3 years, but has been quiet since 1990, which is an unusual long interval compared ...
Nov 8, 2023 · A small new island has emerged near Iwoto Island, about 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo, following underwater volcanic eruptions occurring since late last month, according to a Japanese researcher. Fukashi Maeno, associate professor at the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute, said he confirmed phreatomagmatic eruptions took ...
Feb 15, 2024 · The volcano is only 2.5 miles across the bay from the city of Kagoshima, which has a population of nearly 600,000. Japan is one of the most seismically active nations in the world and sits on the ...
