Sakurajima volcanostratovolcano 1117 m / 3,665 ftKyushu, Japan, 31.59°N / 130.66°E Sakurajima volcano eruptions: 1955-ongoing, 1954(?), 1950, 1948, 1946, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938, 1935, 1914-15, 1899(?), 1860, 1799, 1797, 1794, 1792, 1791, 1790, 1785, 1783, 1782, 1779-81, 1756, 1749, 1742, 1706, 1678, 1670(?), 1642, 1478, 1471-76, 1468, 778, 766, 764, 716-18, 712(?), 708 Typical eruption style: Explosive Sakurajima webcams / live data Last earthquakes nearby Sakurajima volcano (Kyushu, Japan) activity update: strong and frequent explosions, ash rising to 3.4 kmThursday Sep 13, 2012 12:05 PM | BY: T
After taking some breath for about 24 hours, Sakurajima erupted with 4 relatively strong explosions during the past 24 hours alone. Two of them (this morning at 09:39 and at 18:57 local time) produced ash rising to 11,000 ft or 3.4 km altitude, VAAC Tokyo reports.
Previous newsWednesday, Sep 12, 2012
The explosion yesterday night (20:42 JST, 11:42 GMT) on an impressive webcam video: ...
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Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012
A stronger than usual explosion seems to have occurred earlier today at the volcano at 06:55 GMT. An ash plume reaching 15,000 ft (>4.5 km) was reported by Tokyo VAAC.
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Saturday, Sep 08, 2012
Moderately strong explosions have been occurring at very irregular frequency 0-3 times per day, with a maximum ash cloud altitude at 3.7 km after an explosion on 5 Sep.
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Thursday, Sep 06, 2012
JMA reported that during 27-31 August 5 explosive eruptions from Sakura-jima's Showa Crater were detected and ejected tephra as far as 1.3 km from the crater. ...
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Sunday, Sep 02, 2012
The volcano had a series of larger than average explosion yesterday (1 Sep) early afternoon (local time) and early today. VAAC Tokyo reports 4 explosions with ash clouds reaching 2.7-3.5 km altitude within 24 hours.
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