Japan s Mt. Shinmoe erupts again

Tokyo March 9 (IANS) Mount Shinmoe in Japan s Kyushu island erupted violently again on Friday following a powerful eruption earlier this week.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Mt. Shinmoe which straddles Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures erupted at around 4 p.m. reports Xinhua news agency.

Prior to Friday s eruption the 1 421-metre high volcano located in the Kirishima mountain range erupted violently on Tuesday spewing plumes of smoke and volcanic ash around 2 100 metres into the air.

The JMA said it had been observing volcanic tremors on the mountain since the beginning of the month and that a plume had been rising from the east side of the crater.

There was a smaller eruption on March 1 and before that the volcano had last erupted in October 2017.

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