China News Service, October 20. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), a volcanic eruption occurred at Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan at 11:43 am local time on the 20th. The height of the ash column reached 3,500 meters.
The pyroclastic flow reaches more than 1 kilometer from the crater.
According to reports, the Japan Meteorological Agency stated that the alert level around the Aso crater rose to level 3.
The Meteorological Agency called for attention to the danger of large rocks and pyroclastic flows within about 2 kilometers from the crater.