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- Akihiko YOKOO, Kazuhiro ISHIHARA Showa crater is located on the eastern flank of ''Minami-dake'' (Southern Peak) of Sakurajima volcano. Showa crater appeared in 1939 after one month of eruptions that year, at an elevation of 800 feet. It continued to have intermittent eruptions for the next, almost a decade. There was a large lava flow out of Showa crater in 1946, which destroyed the village of Kurokami. In July 1948 Showa stopped erupting and remained quiet for 58 years. The dormancy ended in 2006, when eruptions out the crater resumed. Examples of events at Showa crater (see also
Big Blast at Sakurajima Volcano, Japan (August 2013)
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Showa crater is a feature on Sakurajima
Sakurajima ( ja, 桜島, literally "Cherry Blossom Island") is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsul ...
mountain volcano
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, in southern Japan.
On 18 August 2013, the volcano erupted from Showa crater and produced its highest recorded plume of ash since 2006, rising high and causing darkness and significant ash falls on the central part of Kagoshima
, abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern wor ...
city. The eruption occurred at 16:31 and was the 500th eruption
Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which lava, tephra (ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs and volcanic blocks), and assorted gases are expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists. These are often ...
of the year. Showa crater is monitored with infrared video and regular video cameras.Volcanic Activity around Showa Crater of Sakurajima Volcano Monitored with Infrared and Video Cameras- Akihiko YOKOO, Kazuhiro ISHIHARA Showa crater is located on the eastern flank of ''Minami-dake'' (Southern Peak) of Sakurajima volcano. Showa crater appeared in 1939 after one month of eruptions that year, at an elevation of 800 feet. It continued to have intermittent eruptions for the next, almost a decade. There was a large lava flow out of Showa crater in 1946, which destroyed the village of Kurokami. In July 1948 Showa stopped erupting and remained quiet for 58 years. The dormancy ended in 2006, when eruptions out the crater resumed. Examples of events at Showa crater (see also
Sakurajima
Sakurajima ( ja, 桜島, literally "Cherry Blossom Island") is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsul ...
volcano)
*1939-1948 misc. eruptions
*2006 eruption
*2013 eruption
*In July 2016 a 5 km high column of ash erupted out of Showa crater.
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Big Blast at Sakurajima Volcano, Japan (August 2013)
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