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Suwanose-jima Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ERUPTED AT 20210714/2314Z FL100 EXTD W OBS VA DTG: 14/2330Z to 10000 ft (3000 m)

Thu, 15 Jul 2021, 00:15 00:15 AM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Suwanose-jima volcano on 15 Jul 2021
Satellite image of Suwanose-jima volcano on 15 Jul 2021
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 10000 ft (3000 m) altitude or flight level 100 .
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 00:03 UTC, 15/07/21 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210715/0000Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: SUWANOSEJIMA 282030
PSN: N2938 E12943
AREA: JAPAN
SUMMIT ELEV: 796M
ADVISORY NR: 2021/630
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 JMA
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTED AT 20210714/2314Z FL100 EXTD W
OBS VA DTG: 14/2330Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL100 N2937 E12943 - N2937 E12939 - N2940 E12940 -
N2940 E12943 MOV W 10KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 15/0530Z SFC/FL130 N2956 E12907 - N2830 E12909 -
N2835 E12843 - N2959 E12827
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 15/1130Z SFC/FL120 N3015 E12805 - N2724 E12814 -

N2734 E12719 - N3018 E12705
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20210715/0600Z=

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stratovolcano 799 m/ 2,621 ft
Ryukyu Islands (Japan), 29.64°N / 129.72°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) 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
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