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Suwanose-jima Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG: 14/1120Z to 6000 ft (1800 m)

Thu, 14 Jan 2021, 12:15 | BY: VN
Satellite image of Suwanose-jima volcano on 14 Jan 2021
Satellite image of Suwanose-jima volcano on 14 Jan 2021
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 10 kts in W direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 12:01 UTC, 14/01/21 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210114/1200Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: SUWANOSEJIMA 282030
PSN: N2938 E12943
AREA: JAPAN
SUMMIT ELEV: 796M
ADVISORY NR: 2021/23
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING
OBS VA DTG: 14/1120Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL060 N2937 E12943 - N2938 E12936 - N2938 E12922 -
N2943 E12922 - N2942 E12936 - N2940 E12944 MOV W 10KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 14/1720Z SFC/FL060 N3031 E12835 - N2938 E12943 -
N2955 E12850 - N3018 E12820 - N3032 E12821
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 14/2320Z SFC/FL060 N3143 E12824 - N3030 E12855 -

N2938 E12943 - N3007 E12847 - N3114 E12807 - N3144 E12807
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20210114/1800Z=

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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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