China News Service, February 14 (Xinhua) According to Japanese media reports, on the 14th local time, the volcano in Sakurajima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan erupted again, and the volcanic ash spewed up to a height of 2,400 meters from the crater.
On the 14th local time, the volcano in Sakurajima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan erupted again.
Image source: Japanese media report screenshot
According to reports, since last week, the eruption of Sakurajima has been going on, and both the Nandake summit crater and the Showa crater have erupted.
At around 11 a.m. local time on the 8th, the Sakurajima Showa crater erupted twice in succession.
This is also the first eruption of the crater in nearly five years since early April 2018.
Japanese experts said that the Showa crater erupted again after nearly five years, which may be caused by the expansion of the underground magma reservoir.
On the afternoon of the 9th, the crater on the top of Nanyue Mountain in Sakurajima erupted, and the volcanic ash rose to a height of 2,000 meters in the air.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has listed the volcano alert level of Sakurajima as level 3 (the highest level is 5), requiring local people to stay away from the volcano and pay attention to volcanic rocks and pyroclastic flows within a radius of 2 kilometers from the crater.
Since February 8, Japan has reported multiple volcanic activities.
Mitake crater on Suwanose Island, also located in Kagoshima Prefecture, erupted three times on the 8th, and one of the eruptions had a smoke height of 1,000 meters.
In addition, Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture also began to experience relatively large volcanic micro-movements from the early morning of the 8th.