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Suwanose-jima volcano
stratovolcano 799 m/ 2,621 ft
Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 29.64°N / 129.72°E
Current status: erupting (4 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 AT 20210223/0910Z FL050 EXTD S OBS VA DTG: 23/0910Z to 5000 ft (1500 m)

Tue, 23 Feb 2021, 09:45
09:45 AM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Suwanose-jima volcano on 23 Feb 2021
Satellite image of Suwanose-jima volcano on 23 Feb 2021
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 5000 ft (1500 m) altitude or flight level 050 and is moving at 15 kts in S direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 09:32 UTC, 23/02/21 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210223/0932Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: SUWANOSEJIMA 282030
PSN: N2938 E12943
AREA: JAPAN
SUMMIT ELEV: 796M
ADVISORY NR: 2021/100
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 JMA
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA AT 20210223/0910Z FL050 EXTD S
OBS VA DTG: 23/0910Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL050 N2938 E12945 - N2920 E12945 - N2920 E12939 -
N2939 E12941 MOV S 15KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 23/1510Z SFC/FL050 N2938 E12943 - N2843 E12941 -
N2820 E12934 - N2812 E12832 - N2918 E12857
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 23/2110Z SFC/FL050 N2938 E12943 - N2749 E12846 -

N2733 E12708 - N2840 E12735 - N2930 E12824
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20210223/1200Z=

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