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Suwanose-jima Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG: 23/1720Z to 12000 ft (3700 m)

Thu, 23 Sep 2021, 18:15 | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 12000 ft (3700 m) altitude or flight level 120 and is moving at 5 kts in S direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 18:00 UTC, 23/09/21 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210923/1800Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: SUWANOSEJIMA 282030
PSN: N2938 E12943
AREA: JAPAN
SUMMIT ELEV: 796M
ADVISORY NR: 2021/997
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 JMA
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING
OBS VA DTG: 23/1720Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL120 N2945 E12939 - N2938 E12953 - N2916 E12955 -
N2918 E12937 MOV S 5KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 23/2320Z SFC/FL150 N2948 E13036 - N2820 E12919 -
N2958 E12936 - N3012 E13019
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 24/0520Z SFC/FL140 N3011 E13142 - N2712 E12818 -

N2951 E12937 - N3033 E13106
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20210924/0000Z=

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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