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 ...

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a ...

A volcano on Sakurajima in southwestern Japan erupted again on Sunday. The Minamidake crater spewed a column of smoke and ash thousands of meters (yards) into the air. It is the first eruption from ...

TOKYO (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Japan is erupting for the first time in six years, spewing ash over nearby farms, cities and towns. Japanese broadcaster TBS showed elementary school students ...

A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu had multiple eruptions on Sunday, Nov. 16, sending a plume of smoke and ash almost three miles into the air, causing tens of flight cancellations ...

Scientists think there are about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes in the world. That’s not counting some of the ones on the ...

Japan’s most active volcano began erupting on Sunday, spewing ash and dust over the neighboring city of Kagoshima. City residents are used to the mountain’s temperamental behavior—Mount Sakurajima has ...

"But we stopped it as volcanic tremors were detected," a Japanese police official told AFP. "We'll discuss with experts to see if we'll resume our operation," he said. There had not been any reports ...

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A new study, led by Professor Mike Kendall from the Department of Earth Sciences, has investigated the use of a new monitoring technique for early warning of a volcanic eruption. The research team ...