The outburst also disrupted local air travel. Sakurajima is one of Japan's most active volcanoes, with a history of frequent eruptions. Originally an island, it became a peninsula after a ...

The active Mount Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima erupted in a spectacular ... According to the Kagoshima Meteorological Office and other sources, the eruption at around 6:33 p.m. occurred at ...

a professor emeritus of volcano physics at Kyoto University. “But the latest eruption would rank among the three largest that occurred in the past 20 years.” But he said Mount Sakurajima has ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the ...

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Kyoto University's Sakurajima Volcano Research Center has been carrying out research for more than a half a century to try to predict eruptions. The Harutayama observation tunnel on the west slope ...

An explosive eruption rocked Sakurajima Volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on March 25. The eruption sent a massive ash plume 8,200 feet above the crater. This was the volcano's 44th explosive ...

Kyoto University's Sakurajima Volcano Research Center has been carrying out research for more than a half a century to try to predict eruptions. The Harutayama observation tunnel on the west slope ...

But, as volcanoes and their surrounding areas ... 100 years since Japan last saw a major eruption -- the Taisho Eruption of Mount Sakurajima in 1914. However, the 18th century, when the great ...