On Mar 10, 2009, at 5:59 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
A Meteorological Agency video camera captured dramatic images of a
volcano erupting a few hours ago in Japan, at 6 am local time. The
video is here at the Asahi newspaper website (text in Japanese):
http://www.asahi.com/video/news/TKY200903100244.html
The location is at Sakurajima, Kagoshima pref. in south Kyuushu.
A Met. Agency official is quoted in paragraph 1: "There have been
no volcano related earthquakes, tremors or other indications that a
large scale eruption is likely, so we do not think that citizens
need to evacuate at this time."
The latest eruption is 2.5 km from the nearest settlement, where 15
people live.
- Jed
The latest volcano to threaten my location is 9,000 ft high Mt.
Redoubt, even though I live about 200 miles away:
http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/NorAm/Redoubt/RedoubtPlume.jpg
As you can see, the volcanoes here are more about ash plumes than
lava. The last eruption dumped ash over a 20,000 km^2 area. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt_(Alaska)
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
