Japan : Mount Sakurajima - A moderately large vulcanian explosion occurred this morning, producing significant fallout of lapilli and small bombs in several kilometers distance.

Sakurajima eruptions time-lapse video 4 Sep 2013

Tom Pfeiffer

Published on Sep 4, 2013

Time-lapse video from Sakurajima's eruptions today (4 Sep), Tarumizu webcam. An explosion earlier today damages windshields of cars parked at about 4 km distance to the south.
More at http://webcams.volcanodiscovery.com

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Sakurajima volcano (Japan): large explosion damages cars

Wednesday Sep 04, 2013 16:49 PM | BY: T

Vulcanian explosion from Sakurajima this morning (JMA)

Damage to cars from this morning's eruption (JMA)

A moderately large vulcanian explosion occurred this morning, producing significant fallout of lapilli and small bombs in several kilometers distance. Cars parked at the Arimura Lava observatory observation point to the south of the volcano were damages and windshields broken, at a distance of about 4 km. There are no reports of injuries to people.
The ash plume from the eruption rose to approx. 12,000 ft (3.6 km) elevation, i.e. about 2.5 km km height.

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