09-02-2023, 08:15 AM
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TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Mount Sakurajima, a volcano in southwestern Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, erupted on Wednesday, the weather agency here said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a level-2 warning on its five-tier scale, and will raise it to level 3 if volcanic activity increases, it said.
The JMA warned people within a 1-km radius against pyroclastic flows and falling rocks.
The eruption, the first at the Showa crater since April 2018, was observed at 10:52 a.m. local time, with plumes rising to 1,000 meters noted at 11:10 a.m., local media reported, citing the Kagoshima Meteorological Office.
TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Mount Sakurajima, a volcano in southwestern Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, erupted on Wednesday, the weather agency here said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a level-2 warning on its five-tier scale, and will raise it to level 3 if volcanic activity increases, it said.
The JMA warned people within a 1-km radius against pyroclastic flows and falling rocks.
The eruption, the first at the Showa crater since April 2018, was observed at 10:52 a.m. local time, with plumes rising to 1,000 meters noted at 11:10 a.m., local media reported, citing the Kagoshima Meteorological Office.