A volcano in western Japan erupted on Sunday evening, sending a large plume of black smoke into the sky and spewing rocks. The volcano, named Sakurajima, is located on the southwestern island of Kyushu, about 600 miles from Tokyo.
A volcano in western Japan erupted on Sunday evening, sending a large plume of black smoke into the sky and spewing rocks.
The volcano, named Sakurajima, is located on the southwestern island of Kyushu, about 600 miles from Tokyo. It’s one of the Japan’s most active volcanoes.The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the volcanic alert from level 3 to level 5 — the highest alert level, which has only been seen once before in 2015 for a different volcano, the Japan Times reported.
Based on analysis of data points including seismic activity and crustal movements, the agency later said that a large-scale eruption was not imminent on Sakurajima. The volcano erupted Sunday at about 8:05 p.m. local time, according to the meteorological agency. Videos of the eruption show bright orange lava spurting from the volcano. The agency
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