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Sakurajima
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Sakurajima
Sakurajima
Sakurajima is on an island off the coast of Japan, near Kagoshima City.
The worst eruption it had was in 1914 and it's first ever eruption was in 708 Ad
It last erupted fully on the 23 Feb, but is having small eruptions at the moment
Picture taken 2 march 2014
19141914 was the worst ever Sakurajima eruption. It was the worst eruption in 20th century Japan.
Luckily almost all the people on the island had evacuated days before because of large earthquakes leading up to the eruption, which started on Jan 11.
At first the eruption was highly explosive, causing pyroclastic flows(waves of heat which travel at high speeds and reach burning temperatures).
Afterwards there were waves of lava which continued for months. The island grew and swallowed other islands, filling the channel between the mainland and the island. This caused the tides to rise and become higher.
Did you know?
Right now every 4-24 hours Sakurajima is erupting
FUN FACTS
• It is a Stratovolcano
• the summit is split into three peaks called Kitadake (North peak) Nakadake (Middle peak) and Minamidake (south peak)
• The volcano is 3665 ft tall
•The Japanese Metropolitan Agency issued four states of activeness and sakurajima is level ORANGE - erupting or one may occur at any time
• The people living on the island make their children wear hard hats on their way to school to protect them against debris
A Stratovolcano is a volcano built up out of different layers of ash
and lava
GOODBYE
