Another Japanese Volcano Erupts

And another volcano has erupted in Japan.

Minami-dake crater at Sakurajima, a volcano on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, erupted Tuesday, following volcanic explosions at Mt. Kirishima in the same region.

The volcano spewed plumes of smoke and ash up to 2,000 meters into the air.

Local authorities temporarily banned citizens from driving near the area due to the sheer amount of ash raining down from the volcano.

Japan’s Meteorological Agency says it will maintain a level 3 alert for Sakurajima that bans access to the mountain.

The agency notes, however, that it cannot confirm that this eruption was linked to a series of recent eruptions on the island.

FEB 08, 2011   Reporter : wone0102@arirangtv.com

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Iceland on Volcanic Alert with New Threat of Fresh Eruption

Geologists on Iceland are warning of the increased risk of a fresh volcanic eruption after measuring an increased swarm of earthquakes around the island’s second largest volcano.

Páll Einarsson, a professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland, says the area around Bárdarbunga is showing signs of increased activity, which provides “good reason to worry”.

He told the country’s national TV broadcaster Rúv a shortage of seismometer measuring devices is making it more difficult to determine the scale and likely outcome of the current shifts.

But he said there was “every reason to worry” as the sustained earthquake tremors to the north east of the remote volcano range are the strongest recorded in recent times and there was “no doubt” the lava was rising.

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