Sakurajima
| Sakurajima | ||
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 Landsat satellite image of Sakurajima |
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| height | 1117 m | |
| location | Kyushu , Japan | |
| Coordinates | 31 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N , 130 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano | |
| Last eruption | ongoing | |
The active volcano Sakurajima ( Japanese 桜 島 , dt. "Cherry Blossom Island") is located in the prefecture of Kagoshima on Kyūshū in Japan . It belongs to the administrative area of the city of Kagoshima and was created around 13,000 years ago as a volcanic island in the south of the Aira Caldera , which was formed around 9,000 years earlier and forms the northern part of Kagoshima Bay .
On its west side there are several small towns and hot springs ( onsen ).
Volcanic activity
It is one of the most active volcanoes in Japan with continuous volcanic activity. The most violent eruption in historical time occurred between 1471 and 1476 and reached magnitude 5 on the volcanic explosion index . During the magnitude 4 eruption of 1914, the volcanic island connected at one point with the Ōsumi peninsula on the mainland.
On March 13, 2011, the volcano erupted again, throwing ash and lava several kilometers into the air.
Another eruption occurred on August 18, 2013.
Another particularly violent explosive eruption occurred on October 24, 2014. Within a few minutes, an ash cloud shot about 4 km into the sky.
In August 2015, the Japanese meteorological authority warned of a possible new eruption, which began on August 20, and issued warning level 4. Only a few days earlier, the operator Kyushu Electric Power became the first Japanese reactor after the Fukushima nuclear disaster to have a block of Sendai nuclear power plant , which is about 50 kilometers from the volcano, restarted.
On February 5, 2016, there was an eruption, including several lightning bolts accompanying the ash eruption.
Several eruptions occurred in September and November 2019.
tourism
The volcano is right across from the Kagoshima city center . It can be reached all day by ferry.
swell
- ^ Japan Meteorological Agency
- ↑ Sakurajima spews its highest volcanic column ever at 5,000 meters. In: Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Video of the Sakurajima eruption on October 24, 2014. Accessed November 27, 2014 .
- ↑ CNN, Jan. August 2015 [1]
- ↑ Authorities warn of increased volcano activity near nuclear power plant. FAZ-net, August 15, 2015 [2]
- ↑ Massive volcanic eruption in Japan, only 50 kilometers from the Sendai nuclear power plant. In: RT German. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Japan: Flashing fireworks at the Sakurajima volcano. In: Spiegel Online . February 5, 2016, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan erupts , Euronews, September 21, 2019
- ↑ Mt. Sakurajima in southwestern Japan erupts , Kyodo News, November 8, 2019
- ↑ Explosive eruption of Sakurajima 2019/11/12 , NT, YouTube, November 12, 2019
Web links
- Sakurajima in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)