Kikai volcano (Japan) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 3 March-9 March 2021 (Continuing Activity)

Wed, 3 Mar 2021, 06:00

06:00 AM | BY: VN

In response to an eruption at Satsuma Iwo-jima, a subaerial part of Kikai's NW caldera rim, on 2 November 2019 JMA had raised the Alert Level to 2 (on a 5-level scale). Since then, surveillance cameras sometimes recorded minor incandescence reflected in emitted plumes. On 8 March JMA revised the Alert Level guidelines, keeping the level at 2, but reducing the exclusion zone around the crater from 1 km to 500 m.

Source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
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From: Global Volcanism Program, 2021. Report on Kikai. In: Mayberry, G (ed.), Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 3 March-9 March 2021. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.

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