Western Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts, alert degree raised to 5
There have been studies of volcanic stones raining down at a distance of 2.5 km from the volcano, NHK general public television said.
A volcano on Japan’s western key island of Kyushu, named Sakurajima, erupted at about 8:05 p.m. (1105 GMT) on Sunday, the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) claimed. No information were being immediately offered from JMA, reported Reuters.
There ended up experiences of volcanic stones raining down at a distance of 2.5 km from the volcano, NHK general public tv reported. The eruption warn degree has been elevated to 5, the best, with some areas suggested to evacuate, NHK said.
Sakurajima is a single of Japan’s most active volcanoes and eruptions of different concentrations are repeated. In 2019 it spewed ash 5.5 km high. Sakurajima is related to the Osumi Peninsula of Kyushu, Japan’s southwestern major island.
Japan lies at the convergence of four tectonic plates, subjecting the country to frequent volcanic eruptions and 20 for every cent of the world’s most powerful earthquakes.
The volcano also sits off the coastline of Kagoshima, a city of about 600,000 people today.
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