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Suwanose-jima Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG: 18/2320Z to 6000 ft (1800 m)

Wed, 19 Aug 2020, 00:15 | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 6000 ft (1800 m) altitude or flight level 060 and is moving at 5 kts in S direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 00:00 UTC, 19/08/20 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20200818/2358Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: SUWANOSEJIMA 282030
PSN: N2938 E12943
AREA: JAPAN
SUMMIT ELEV: 796M
ADVISORY NR: 2020/105
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING
OBS VA DTG: 18/2320Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL060 N2938 E12943 - N2934 E12945 - N2931 E12942 -
N2933 E12941 MOV S 5KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 19/0520Z SFC/FL060 N2938 E12943 - N2855 E12938 -
N2900 E12853
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 19/1120Z SFC/FL060 N2944 E12946 - N2829 E12904 -

N2832 E12746
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: SOME PART OF VA OBSCURED BY MET CLOUD.
NXT ADVISORY: 20200819/0600Z=

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Suwanosejima volcano (Ryukyu Islands, Japan): small explosion today

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stratovolcano 799 m/ 2,621 ft
Ryukyu Islands (Japan), 29.64°N / 129.72°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Suwanose-jima volcano eruptions:
2004 (Oct) - ongoing: intermittent strombolian-type activity
Since 1949: essentially continuous activity
2000 (Dec) - Jul 2004 (Jul): strombolian activity, 1999 (Jan-Feb, June), 1996 (Dec) - 1997 (Apr), 1949-96, 1940, 1938, 1934 (?), 1925, 1921-22, 1915 (?), 1914 (?), 1889, 1885, 1884, 1877, 1813-14 (sub-plinian Bunka eruption), around 1600 AD (large explosive eruption)
Typical eruption style
explosive, strombolian
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