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Japan: Sakurajima Volcano Erupts Twice in Two Days for First Time This Year 2

Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima, southern Japan, erupted explosively on consecutive days for the first time this year. The blasts from the Minamidake summit crater on April 11 and 12 sent ash plumes up to 3,400 meters high and scattered volcanic rocks up to 1,000 meters from the crater. No pyroclastic flows were observed. The eruptions are the first and second of the year, following the previous event on December 13 last year. Volcanic alert level 3 — prohibiting entry into the mountain — remains in effect, with authorities warning of large projectiles and pyroclastic flows within 2 kilometers of the crater.

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Japan: Sakurajima Volcano Erupts Twice in Two Days for First Time This Year

Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima, southern Japan, erupted explosively on consecutive days for the first time this year. The blasts from the Minamidake summit crater on April 11 and 12 sent ash plumes up to 3,400 meters high and scattered volcanic rocks up to 1,000 meters from the crater. No pyroclastic flows were observed. The eruptions are the first and second of the year, following the previous event on December 13 last year. Volcanic alert level 3 — prohibiting entry into the mountain — remains in effect, with authorities warning of large projectiles and pyroclastic flows within 2 kilometers of the crater.

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Mexico: Volcano Popocatépetl Erupts, Sending Ash 21,000 Feet High

Popocatépetl Volcano in central Mexico continues to show explosive activity, with an ash plume rising to about 21,000 feet on Tuesday, October 28.

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Philippines: Ash From Mt. Kanlaon Eruption Blankets Nearby Towns 2

Mt. Kanlaon had a moderately explosive eruption at 2:55 a.m. Tuesday, May 13. According to reports, the eruption lasted about five minutes, sending a 4.5 km ash plume into the sky, which blanketed nearby towns.

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Philippines: Ash From Mt. Kanlaon Eruption Blankets Nearby Towns

Mt. Kanlaon had a moderately explosive eruption at 2:55 a.m. Tuesday, May 13. According to reports, the eruption lasted about five minutes, sending a 4.5 km ash plume into the sky, which blanketed nearby towns.

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Mount Kanlaon Eruption in the Philippines

Mount Kanlaon spews volcanic material on the island of Negros, the Philippines, April 8, 2025. An explosive eruption rocked Mount Kanlaon in the central Philippines on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In an advisory, the institute said the eruption "is producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall drifting southwest." Photo by Canlaon City Local Government Unit/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mount Kanlaon Eruption in the Philippines

Mount Kanlaon spews volcanic material on the island of Negros, the Philippines, April 8, 2025. An explosive eruption rocked Mount Kanlaon in the central Philippines on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In an advisory, the institute said the eruption "is producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall drifting southwest." Photo by Canlaon City Local Government Unit/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mount Kanlaon Eruption in the Philippines

Mount Kanlaon spews volcanic material on the island of Negros, the Philippines, April 8, 2025. An explosive eruption rocked Mount Kanlaon in the central Philippines on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In an advisory, the institute said the eruption "is producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall drifting southwest." Photo by PHIVOLCS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mount Kanlaon Eruption in the Philippines

Mount Kanlaon spews volcanic material on the island of Negros, the Philippines, April 8, 2025. An explosive eruption rocked Mount Kanlaon in the central Philippines on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In an advisory, the institute said the eruption "is producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall drifting southwest." Photo by Canlaon City Local Government Unit/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mount Kanlaon Eruption in the Philippines

Mount Kanlaon spews volcanic material on the island of Negros, the Philippines, April 8, 2025. An explosive eruption rocked Mount Kanlaon in the central Philippines on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In an advisory, the institute said the eruption "is producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall drifting southwest." Photo by Canlaon City Local Government Unit/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mount Kanlaon Eruption in the Philippines

Mount Kanlaon spews volcanic material on the island of Negros, the Philippines, April 8, 2025. An explosive eruption rocked Mount Kanlaon in the central Philippines on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In an advisory, the institute said the eruption "is producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall drifting southwest." Photo by PHIVOLCS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Kilauea’s Spectacular Lava Fountains Attract Onlookers in Hawaii

During a recent eruptive episode, Kilauea volcano in Hawaii ejected a lava fountain that reached a height of 1,000 feet (300 meters), attracting spectators.

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Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan

Photo taken on July 14, 2024, from an unmanned fixed-point camera in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows an explosive eruption of a volcano on Sakurajima in the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan

Photo taken on July 14, 2024, from an unmanned fixed-point camera in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows smoke rising 4,500 meters from the crater following an explosive eruption of a volcano on Sakurajima in the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Philippine volcano erupts, spews 5km high plume of ash, gas

STORY: Philippine volcano erupts, spews 5km high plume of ash, gas SHOOTING TIME: June 3-4, 2024 DATELINE: June 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. thermal camera footage of the Kanlaon volcano eruption (courtesy of PHIVOLCS) 2. photo of the eruption (courtesy of Irene Cabatingan) 3. photo of the ash fall (courtesy of Irish Casag) 4. various of the situation near the volcano STORYLINE: The Kanlaon volcano in central Philippines erupted Monday evening, spewing a column of ash and gas that rose to 5,000 meters, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. "The explosive eruption produced a voluminous and incandescent plume that rapidly rose to 5,000 meters above the vent and probable pyroclastic density currents approximately 2 to 3 km down the southern and southeastern slope," the institute said. The institute noted that coarse ashfall and sulfurous odors have been reported in communities on the volcano's western slopes. The eruption, which occurre

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Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan erupts

Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2023, from an unmanned fixed-point camera in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows an eruption on Sakurajima volcano in the southwestern Japan prefecture. It was the first explosive eruption since April 2018 at the volcano's Showa crater.

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Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan erupts

Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2023, from an unmanned fixed-point camera in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows an eruption on Sakurajima volcano in the southwestern Japan prefecture. It was the first explosive eruption since April 2018 at the volcano's Showa crater.

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The La Palma Volcano Continues To Erupt - Spain

An eruptive mouth expels lava and pyroclasts in the Cabeza de Vaca area, on September 21, 2021, in La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, (Spain). The volcanic eruption that began on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in the Cabeza de Vaca area (La Palma), with temperatures still above 1000 ºC, is in a more explosive phase of its eruption and has already caused damage of at least 200 houses and 154 hectares. At the moment, all the attention is on the sea, since although according to experts the arrival of the lava will not be imminent, when it happens and comes into contact with the water, clouds of chlorine and other toxic gases will form that could cause a strong chemical reaction. Due to the situation on La Palma, the Emergency Services have evicted at least 6,000 residents from nearby areas. Photo by Kike Rincón/Europa Press/ContactoPhoto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mt. Aso eruption in southwestern Japan

Journalists stand near Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 20, 2021, to report on the mountain's explosive eruption earlier in the day, with volcanic fumes seen billowing in the background.

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Mt. Aso eruption in southwestern Japan

A road sign banning traffic is set up on a street near Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 20, 2021, as volcanic fumes billow from the mountain following its explosive eruption.

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Mt. Aso eruption in southwestern Japan

Journalists stand near Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 20, 2021, to report on the mountain's explosive eruption earlier in the day, with volcanic fumes seen billowing in the background.

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on May 30, 2015, shows volcanic smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, a day after its explosive eruption. It forced all of the 137 islanders and visitors to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All residents of small Japan island evacuated after volcano erupts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 29, 2015, shows white smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu, located about 100 kilometers south of Kyushu, following its explosive eruption. All 137 people who live on the island have been confirmed safe and evacuated by sea or air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All residents of small Japan island evacuated after volcano erupts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 29, 2015, shows white smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu, located about 100 kilometers south of Kyushu, following its explosive eruption. All 137 people who live on the island have been confirmed safe and evacuated by sea or air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Evacuees from southwestern Japan's Kuchinoerabu Island have meals at a community center on nearby Yakushima on May 29, 2015. An explosive eruption of Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island the same day prompted all the 137 residents and visitors on Kuchinoerabu to leave the island by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Evacuees from southwestern Japan's Kuchinoerabu Island have meals at a community center on nearby Yakushima on May 29, 2015. An explosive eruption of Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island the same day prompted all the 137 residents and visitors on Kuchinoerabu to leave the island by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows buildings and cars believed to be hit by pyroclastic flow following the explosive eruption of Mt. Shindake on southwestern Japan's Kuchinoerabu Island on May 29, 2015. All the 137 residents and visitors on Kuchinoerabu have been confirmed safe and left the island by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All residents of small Japan island evacuated after volcano erupts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 29, 2015, shows white smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu, located about 100 kilometers south of Kyushu, following its explosive eruption. All 137 people who live on the island have been confirmed safe and evacuated by sea or air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All residents of small Japan island evacuated after volcano erupts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 29, 2015, shows white smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu, located about 100 kilometers south of Kyushu, following its explosive eruption. All 137 people who live on the island have been confirmed safe and evacuated by sea or air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts on small southwestern Japan island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane at 12:56 p.m. on May 29, 2015, shows a plume of smoke from a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, after its explosive eruption that morning. The 9:59 a.m. eruption of Mt. Shindake caused a pyroclastic flow to reach the coast, the weather agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts on small southwestern Japan island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane at 1:43 p.m. on May 29, 2015, shows a plume of smoke from a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, after its explosive eruption that morning. The 9:59 a.m. eruption of Mt. Shindake caused a pyroclastic flow to reach the coast, the weather agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima

Sadayuki Kitagawa, chief of the department for volcanic affairs at the Japan Meteorological Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on May 29, 2015, following the eruption of a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The 9:59 a.m. "explosive" eruption of Mt. Shindake caused a plume over 9 kilometers above the crater and a pyroclastic flow to reach the coast, the agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima

Sadayuki Kitagawa, chief of the department for volcanic affairs at the Japan Meteorological Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on May 29, 2015, following the eruption of a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The 9:59 a.m. "explosive" eruption of Mt. Shindake caused a plume over 9 kilometers above the crater and a pyroclastic flow to reach the coast, the agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan erupts

The city of Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is blanketed by volcanic ash from Mt. Aso on Oct. 8, 2016 in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter after the volcano erupted earlier that day. It was the first explosive eruption at that particular peak since January 1980. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sakurajima eruption

Photo taken early on Aug. 9, 2020, from an unmanned fixed-point camera in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows an eruption on Mt. Sakurajima in the southwestern Japan prefecture. It was the 197th explosive eruption this year at the volcano's Minamidake summit crater.

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Sakurajima volcano in Japan

Photo taken in the early hours of Nov. 14, 2018, from an unmanned fixed-point camera in Tarumizu, southwestern Japan, shows an explosive eruption at the Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan erupts

The city of Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is blanketed by volcanic ash from Mt. Aso on Oct. 8, 2016 in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter after the volcano erupted earlier that day. It was the first explosive eruption at that particular peak since January 1980. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan erupts

The city of Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is blanketed by volcanic ash from Mt. Aso on Oct. 8, 2016 in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter after the volcano erupted earlier that day. It was the first explosive eruption at that particular peak since January 1980. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan erupts

The city of Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is blanketed by volcanic ash from Mt. Aso on Oct. 8, 2016 in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter after the volcano erupted earlier that day. It was the first explosive eruption at that particular peak since January 1980. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan erupts

Photo taken Oct. 8, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan that erupted in the early hours of that day. It was the first explosive eruption at that particular peak since January 1980. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sakurajima in southwestern Japan erupts with 5,000-m plume

Photo taken July 26, 2016, by an unattended remote camera installed in the southwestern Japan city of Tarumizu shows the Sakurajima volcano having an explosive eruption to spew volcanic ash 5,000 meters into the sky. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sakurajima in southwestern Japan erupts with 5,000-m plume

Photo taken July 26, 2016, by an unattended remote camera installed in the southwestern Japan city of Tarumizu shows the Sakurajima volcano having an explosive eruption to spew volcanic ash 5,000 meters into the sky. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo