Sakurajima

This long exposure image shows the eruption of volcano Sakurajima Sunday night, July 24,. The Sakurajima volcano, one of Japan's most active volcanoes, erupted ...

"We will put the people’s lives first and do our utmost to assess the situation and respond to any emergency," Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihiko Isozaki told reporters. The city is home to about 600,000 people. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said Sakurajima erupted around 8:05 p.m. local time (7:05 a.m. EDT) on the island of Kyushu, hurling large rocks as far as 1½ miles south and sending up plumes of smoke and ash.

Sakurajima is one of Japan's most active volcanoes and eruptions of varying levels take place regularly. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nakatsuji said the JMA last week had observed the swelling of the volcano, which signals the accumulation of magma. Previously it was at level three, which bans entry to the mountain. of Sakurajima should be on high alert,” Tsuyoshi Nakatsuji of JMA’s Volcanic Observation Division told reporters.

Japan's Sakurajima volcano, located on the island of Kyushu, erupted on Sunday, prompting evacuations in the region.

JMA advised caution to residents in Kagoshima Prefecture and Kagoshima City. JMA announced a Level 5 alert -- the highest level -- calling for people to evacuate. 's surveillance camera showed a cloud of smoke or ash rising from the volcano.

Japan's Sakurajima volcano: Volcano erupting in the dark, with red glow visible under huge Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupted not far from the city of Kagoshima ...

Reuters said the evacuation included about 51 people in the vicinity. According to Reuters, most of the nearby city of Kagoshima, whose estimated population is about 600,000, is across the bay from the volcano. An eruption of Sakurajima on January 11, 1914, was the most powerful in 20th century Japan. The volcano was once an island An eruption of this volcano in 2019 sent ash 3.4 miles (5.5 km) high. The Japanese Meteorological Agency ( JMA) reported an eruption of Sakurajima volcano today (July 24, 2022), on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu. The eruption began at about 8:05 p.m. local time ( 11:05 UTC; 6:05 a.m. CDT on Sunday, July 24). JMA said the volcano was “blowing off large rocks” as far as 1.5 miles (2.5 km) away, in the southern prefecture of Kagoshima. And JMA said that the alert level for the volcano had been raised to 5, the highest level.

The Sakurajima volcano located on the western Japanese island of Kyushu erupted on Sunday evening, sending black smoke billowing high into the air.

51 people in the immediate vicinity of Sakurajima were being evacuated. According to a JMA official, volcanic rocks rained down at a distance of 2.5 km from the volcano. There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries, and authorities said they did not expect a major eruption, although people living closest to the fire-spewing mountain were advised to evacuate.

TOKYO: A volcano on Japan's major western island of Kyushu erupted on Sunday evening (Jul 24), sending black smoke billowing high into the air, ...

Volcanic stones rained down at a distance of 2.5km from the volcano, a JMA official said. Advertisement Advertisement

Dozens of people were ordered to evacuate their homes after a fiery volcanic eruption in southern Japan, as the national weather agency issued its top-level ...

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The volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture first erupted on Sunday evening. While the national meteorological agency does not expect another major eruption, a high ...

Dozens of people have evacuated two towns on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu where a volcano spewed ash and large rocks into the nighttime sky.

Japanese media have reported volcanic rock falling from the sky and people living nearby have been told to evacuate, but so far no damage or injuries have ...

Despite being called an island, an eruption in 1914 caused a strip of rock to form that now connects Kyushu to the mainland. In 2019, ash from an eruption was thrown 3.4 miles into the air. No damage or injuries have been reported so far, but Japanese media said that volcanic stones were seen falling from the sky up to 1.5 miles away.