[Red Badger]

Mount Aso is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. Its peak is 1592 m above sea level.

[Mears]

Those poor folks are getting slammed.

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[winoneforthegipper]

Picture the landslide off of the north side face of Mt Aso.

[RayChuang88]

There is MAJOR concern that Mount Aso--which has one of the largest volcano calderas in the world--is about to erupt on a BIG way based on the earthquake activity near Kumamoto. The possibility of an eruption at least as big as what happened at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 may not be far-fetched--and I wouldn't even completely rule out an eruption with the same ash output as Krakatoa in 1883, either.

[null and void]

Ah so!

[JimSEA]

I read in the USGS article that the Kyushu, Japan earthquake (one of two major Japanese quakes) moved the fault it affected some 3.4 meters at one spot. That’s a big move in the fault. However, Mount Aso was already in the process of eruption. It’s hard to make the equation other than to say “a lot is happening without more than coincidental connection”. Keep tuned.

[PLMerite]

Batten down the hatches, Godzilla's next!

[Larry Lucido]

Aso desu-ka?

Hai, Aso desu!

[DoughtyOne]