Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Sakurajima
in Japan

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Sakurajima Volcanic eruption may have a low humanitarian impact, based on the magnitude of the eruption, the exposed population and its coping capacity..

GDACS ID VO 1000050
Name: Sakurajima (282080)
Lat/Lon: 31.59 , 130.66
Event Date: 25 Jul 2022 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: No people affected
Exposed Population 100km: No people affected
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 6
Population Exposure Index PEI: 6
Inserted at: 25 Jul 2022 07:00 UTC

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Sakurajima report has been published on 20 Jul 2022 07:53.
JMA reported that nighttime incandescence at Minamidake Crater (at Aira Caldera?s Sakurajima volcano) was visible during 11-18 July. Sulfur dioxide emissions were measured at 1,400 tons per day on 13 July. One explosion, recorded at 1852 on 17 July, produced an ash plume that rose as high as 2.8 km above the crater rim and ejected material as high as 1.1 km above the summit. The Alert Level remained at 3 (on a 5-level scale), and residents were warned to stay 2 km away from the crater. Source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (31), INGV (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1), JSR (1),