The Sakurajima volcano erupted in Japan, sending ash soaring up to 2,000 metres above the crater. Authorities confirmed that the volcanic activity occurred on Thursday, May 22, at around 8:54 am. This ...

Sakurajima volcano in Japan erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a 3,000-meter ash plume into the air, with authorities closely ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency said Sakurajima volcano erupted at around 8:05 ... The agency said it has raised the eruption alert to the highest level of five and about 120 residents in two ...

Update: Jul 24th, 2022 12:22 EDT Japanese authorities declared an Alert Level 5, the highest possible, after the volcano Mount Sakurajima started erupting today, Sunday 24 July, at 8.05 p.m. (7.05 ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency said Sakurajima volcano erupted at around 8:05 ... Sponsor Message The agency said it has raised the eruption alert to the highest level of five and about 120 ...

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 ...

Over the past half century, Japan has been hit by many volcanic eruptions, but scientifically those were only considered to ...

Sakurajima is one of Japan's most active volcanoes and eruptions of varying levels are frequent. In 2019 it spewed ash 3.4 miles (5.5 km) high.

Japan's Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima erupted on Thursday, sending a towering column of ash nearly two miles into the sky. Spectacular timelapse footage captured the powerful moment. Local ...

A volcano has erupted in Japan, sending plumes of lava and clouds of ash high into the sky. Sakurajima, a stratovolcano in southern Japan, began erupting on Wednesday evening and continued on ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency said Sakurajima volcano erupted at around 8:05 ... The agency said it has raised the eruption alert to the highest level of five and about 120 residents in two ...