TOKYO • A volcano in southern Japan erupted yesterday, spewing ash and smoke 6km into the air over a small island..
TOKYO • A volcano in southern Japan erupted yesterday, spewing ash and smoke 6km into the air over a small island.
There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption on Kuchinoerabu in Kagoshima prefecture in the far south of Japan.
A local official said there were no evacuations on the island, which is home to just 109 people.
Images broadcast by NHK show large plumes of ash and grey smoke billowing above the island, which regularly experiences eruptions.
«We heard a huge explosion and there was shaking like an earthquake,» a resident told NHK.
The meteorological agency said the eruption occurred shortly after it had issued a new warning.
«There have been eruptions there since last year but we sent an alert out (this morning) for this latest eruption as it will have a wider impact,» said Mr Jun Fujimatsu, an official at the agency’s volcanic activity division.
