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Sakurajima volcano is seen from a shelter at a town in Kagoshima, southern island of Kyushu, Japan, one day after its eruption, Monday, July 25, 2022. The volcano spewed ash and large rocks into ...
A torii in Kurokami-Cho, Kagoshima is half-buried by ash and stones caused by the 1914 eruption. The 1914 eruption began on January 11 and was the most powerful in twentieth-century Japan. The volcano had been dormant for over a century until 1914. [8]
Sakura-jima eruption as seen on August 18, 2013. Showa crater is a feature on Sakurajima mountain volcano, in southern Japan.On 18 August 2013, the volcano erupted from Showa crater and produced its highest recorded plume of ash since 2006, rising 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) high and causing darkness and significant ash falls on the central part of Kagoshima city.
Relief map of Kirishima Volcano View on the southern side of the volcano group. Kirishima Mountains (霧島山, Kirishima-yama) are a 1700 meter high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716 and 1717.
Shinmoedake (Japanese: 新燃岳) is a volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan, and a part of the Mount Kirishima cluster of volcanoes. [2] It is believed to have formed between 7,300 and 25,000 years ago. [3] Eruptions from Shinmoedake have been recorded in 1716, 1717, 1771, 1822, 1959, 1991, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017, and 2018. [4]
The Bombardment of Kagoshima by British warships in the bay took place in 1863. The 1914 eruption of the Sakurajima volcano severely damaged Kagoshima. [1] On June 17, 1945, Kagoshima was attacked by B-29 bombers with 2316 persons killed.
The Ibusuki volcanic field, also known as the Ibusuki Volcano or Ibusuki Volcanic Group (指宿火山群), is an area of current volcanic and geothermal activity at the tip of the Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It is administered as part of Ibusuki City and Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park.
Aira caldera is located at Kyushu, the southernmost island of Japan. The supervolcano peaks at 1117 m. [6]The eruption forming the Aira Caldera, occurred approximately 30,000 years ago, and resulted in tephra and ignimbrite from a vast amount of magma affecting the nearby land.