According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, at 5:35 pm, a small eruption occurred at Iodake, Satsuma Iwojima, Kagoshima Prefecture, and the volcanic smoke temporarily reached more than 1000 meters above the crater.news world ahmed
The Japan Meteorological Agency has raised the eruption alert level from level 1 to level 2 indicating the crater periphery regulation, after announcing the “crater periphery warning” because there is a possibility that small-scale eruptions may occur in the future.
The Japan Meteorological Agency is cautious about volcanic blocks within 1 km of the crater, and calls for attention to volcanic ash, small volcanic blocks, and volcanic gases that flow to the leeward side.news world ahmed
The eruption has been confirmed at Satsuma Iwojima since the very small eruption occurred in June 2013, six years ago.
About Satsuma Iwo Jima
Satsuma Iwojima, Mishima Village, Kagoshima Prefecture is a volcanic island that is 6 kilometers east-west and 3 kilometers north-south about 90 kilometers south of Kagoshima City.
There is Iodake on the east side, and eruptions have repeatedly occurred in the past at the crater at the summit.news world ahmed
There are about 100 inhabitants living in an area 2.5 to 3 kilometers southwest of the crater.
There is a hot spring in the rocky area along the coast that is less than 2 km from the crater, and it is used by local residents and tourists visiting the island. A ferry departing and arriving at Kagoshima Port is in service.
Men living near Mt.ahmed
A man who lives about 1.5 kilometers west from the base of Mt. Iodake said, “I went out at the moment of the eruption, but I could n’t see the explosion in my experience. Although it seems that the cloud is low today, it is in a situation where it cannot be seen clearly because it flows on the wind from the west with the cloud. I can't feel it. "ahmed
Government “Information Communication Room” established
Regarding the volcanic activity of Satsuma Iwojima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, where the “Eruption Bulletin” was announced, the government established an “Information Communication Room” at the Crisis Management Center of the Prime Minister's Office on May 2 at 5:39 pm, collecting information and monitoring I am in charge.
Satsuma Iwo Jima and surrounding waters
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, there have been many eruptions in the past in Satsuma Iwojima and its surrounding areas in Kagoshima Prefecture.news world ahmed
Recently, eruptions were repeated at the summit crater of Mt. Iwodake from 1998 to 2004, and volcanic ash frequently fell in an island village 2.5 km southwest of the crater. A small eruption was observed over three days.news world ahmed
Since February last year, "fire phenomenon", in which hot gases and so on appear in red at nighttime as a result of eruptions and clouds, has been frequently observed, and volcanic earthquakes have temporarily increased in March.
For this reason, the Japan Meteorological Agency raised the eruption alert level from “1” to “2”, but after that the earthquake decreased and was lowered to level 1 again.
In the 15th and 16th centuries, a steam eruption occurred at the summit crater of Mt.
In addition, a large-scale magmatic eruption occurred on the sea floor about 2 km east of Satsuma Iwo Jima from 1945 to 1980, creating a new island, Showa Iwo Jima.
Eruption at eruption alert level 1
In Satsuma Iwojima, Kagoshima Prefecture, an eruption occurred at level 1 with the lowest eruption alert level.
Eruptions in level 1 have occurred in the past. In August, there was a sudden eruption at Mt. Asama and in January last year at Mt. Kusatsu Shirane, but the eruption alert level remained at level 1.
And in September 2014, five years ago, Mt. Ontake erupted at level 1, and 63 climbers were sacrificed.
It is necessary to reaffirm that a sudden eruption can occur in the absence of significant omens, even at the lowest eruption alert level.