Japanese authorities issued a warning today after a volcanic eruption in the southwest of the country, with large boulders to be thrown almost a kilometer away the crater, Kyodo news agency reported.
According to the agency, no injuries were reported immediately after the eruption of Mount Odake volcano in Kagoshima prefecture.
The Japanese Meteorological Service set the alarm level to 3 – on a five-point scale – with level 5 providing an evacuation order – to restrict access to the area around the volcano after the eruption at 2 a.m. local time.
Several initial “eruptions” occurred in the crater yesterday, the agency quoted Kyodo as saying, warning that large boulders erupted from the volcano could land within a two-kilometer radius.
A similar eruption occurred on Mount Odake in March, for which the meteorological service had also issued a level 3 alert.
Japan, which has many active volcanoes, is located in the “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific, where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.
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