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Suwanose-jima volcano
stratovolcano 799 m/ 2,621 ft
Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 29.64°N / 129.72°E
Current status: minor activity or eruption warning (3 out of 5)
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Suwanose-jima volcano eruptions:
2004 (Oct) - ongoing: intermittent strombolian-type activity
Since 1949: essentially continuous activity
2000 (Dec) - Jul 2004 (Jul): strombolian activity, 1999 (Jan-Feb, June), 1996 (Dec) - 1997 (Apr), 1949-96, 1940, 1938, 1934 (?), 1925, 1921-22, 1915 (?), 1914 (?), 1889, 1885, 1884, 1877, 1813-14 (sub-plinian Bunka eruption), around 1600 AD (large explosive eruption)
Typical eruption style:
explosive, strombolian

Suwanose-jima volcano, Japan, news & activity updates

Suwanose-jima Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG: 14/2320Z to 6000 ft (1800 m)

Fri, 15 Jan 2021, 00:15
00:15 AM | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 6000 ft (1800 m) altitude or flight level 060 and is moving at 10 kts in NW direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 00:02 UTC, 15/01/21 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210115/0000Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: SUWANOSEJIMA 282030
PSN: N2938 E12943
AREA: JAPAN
SUMMIT ELEV: 796M
ADVISORY NR: 2021/25
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 JMA
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING
OBS VA DTG: 14/2320Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL060 N2937 E12943 - N2943 E12931 - N2949 E12933 -
N2948 E12938 - N2940 E12945 MOV NW 10KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 15/0520Z SFC/FL060 N3031 E12929 - N2938 E12946 -
N3019 E12844 - N3043 E12905
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 15/1120Z SFC/FL060 N3158 E12959 - N3114 E12941 -

N3002 E13014 - N2935 E12941 - N3049 E12841 - N3130 E12841
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20210115/0600Z=

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