Deadly volcanic activity in Japan in recent years includes the 1993 eruption of Mount Unzen’s Fugendake and the 2014 eruption of Mount Ontakesan in central Japan. Both incidents killed dozens of ...

When the hazard map was adjusted in 2021, the number ... are an outlier even among volcanoes in Japan. “It is impossible to predict not only the timing of eruptions but also what kind of ...

Volcanic rumblings are nothing new near Iwo Jima, and similar eruptions have happened under the sea in recent years. Despite Japan having 14,125 islands, many caused by an increase in volcanic ...

It was the highly active volcano’s 500 th eruption this year. Japan is a seismically active country with regular earthquakes and eruptions from volcanoes that dot the archipelago. Kagoshima city ...

Sakurajima is reportedly one of Japan's most active volcanoes. In 1914, an eruption killed 58 people. Sakurajima is about 600 miles southwest of Tokyo.

Japan's Meteorological Agency is investigating the possibility of a tsunami impact in its country following a massive volcano eruption near Indonesia. Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted again on ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency raised the eruption alert to the highest level of five and advised 51 residents in two towns facing the volcano to leave their homes. By Monday morning, 33 of them ...