Posted on 01/14/2020 11:18:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
A volcano in southwestern Japan erupted Saturday, the Meteorological Agency said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Rocks were thrown about 300 meters from the crater of Mount Shintake on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture following the eruption around 3:05 p.m., the agency said, adding it had not confirmed any pyroclastic flow.
No evacuation order was issued. As of the end of last month, 100 people were registered as residents on the island, which is about 36 square kilometers (nearly 14 square miles) in size.
It was the first eruption on the island since Feb. 2 last year.
The agency maintained the alert level for the volcano at 3 on a scale of 5, which asks climbers to refrain from scaling the mountain. The alert level was raised from 2 in October following a major earthquake.
The agency warned of possible flying rocks and pyroclastic flows within about a 2-kilometer radius of the crater.
In May 2015, all residents of the island were evacuated to Yakushima Island, some 12 km to the east, after explosive eruptions.
Kuchinoerabu Island is located some 130 km south-southwest of the city of Kagoshima.
Aww there go carbon credits
We should hold breath for 20 min to compensate for the loss
I guess this sort of goes along with the one in the Philippines that has been acting up.
Is it Bush’s fault or Trump’s fault?
Why warn people climbing that? The Darwin Awards needs nominees.
Popocatepetl near Mexico City has also been spewing ash.
Looks more like a burp.
Ring of Fire
All along the Ring of Fire.
Break out the wieners and marshmallows!
I hope this one does not wake up GODZILLA!
It might be time to break out the winter clothes in the northern hemisphere. I think Mt Pinatubo erupting in 1991 caused something like three years of global cooling.
there are two volcanos in latin america that have errupted, one in alaska ,one in the phillipines now one in japan.
(cue Johnny Cash...)
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