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Jul 25, 2022 · Kyodo News/AP. Tokyo, Japan CNN — Japan ’s Sakurajima volcano, located on the island of Kyushu, erupted on Sunday, prompting evacuations in the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)...
May 22, 2024 · 21 hours ago. 23 hours ago. 2 days ago. The Sakurajima volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture, the country's most active volcano, erupted on May 20. The active stratovolcano was once an island...
Jul 24, 2022 · World Jul 24, 2022 10:42 AM EST. TOKYO (AP) — A volcano on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu erupted Sunday night, spewing ash and rocks. There were no immediate reports of damage or ...
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- Lava spewed several hundred feet high during an exceptionally active phase of the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan last month.
Ongoing eruptions could escalate, threatening the Japanese city of Kagoshima.
Bolts of lightning crackled at the same time, ignited by electrostatic charges in the ejected ash.
As one of the world's most active volcanoes, Sakurajima can erupt more than a thousand times a year.
It's also one of the most accessible volcanoes. "You can get off a plane, rent a car, and be there in half an hour," says Tom Pfeiffer, a volcanologist and photographer who captured these images. "In three or four hours, there's a good chance to see really beautiful eruptions."
Sakurajima first erupted about 13,000 years ago inside a much older volcanic crater. Today its cone rises 3,664 feet (1,117 meters) above Kagoshima Bay (map) off the southern coast of the island of Kyushu. (Related: "New Giant Volcano Below Sea Is Largest in the World.")
It frequently belches out a billowing column of steam and ash, which rises vertically when there's no wind. That was the case at the end of July this year, when Pfeiffer took this shot (above) of ash rising about 12,000 feet (3,657 meters) into the air.
The ash slowly spread into the shape of an umbrella and then began to fall onto the flanks of the volcano. "It was becoming very unpleasant," says Pfeiffer. "I had to evacuate."
Jul 25, 2022 · Television footage showed red-hot rocks and dark plumes exploding from Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima, which erupted just after 8pm (7pm Singapore time). There were no immediate reports of...
Jul 24, 2022 · The volcano, located in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on the western island of Kyushu, erupted at 8:05 p.m. local time on Sunday, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency. MORE:...
Jul 24, 2022 · Japan’s Meteorological Agency said Sakurajima erupted around 8:05 p.m. local time (7:05 a.m. EDT) on the island of Kyushu, hurling large rocks as far as 1½ miles south and sending up plumes of...
