{"id":47750,"date":"2026-04-15T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47750"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:56:29","slug":"sakurajima-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sakurajima-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakurajima Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sakurajima Volcano Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Sakurajima volcano has erupted, sending huge plumes of ash billowing kilometres into the sky.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sakurajima Volcano<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located on the <\/span><b>southern tip of Kyushu island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near the city of Kagoshima, Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of <\/span><b>Japan\u2019s most active volcanoes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and eruptions of varying levels take place on a regular basis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sakurajima<\/span><b> is a stratovolcan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o formed from layers of lava and ash.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated on a <\/span><b>convergent plate margin.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>andesitic volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (meaning it has a high gas content and is very viscous) located at the southern edge of the Aira caldera.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is formed by the <\/span><b>central cones of the Kitadake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (northern peak) and the <\/span><b>Minamidake <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(southern peak).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sakura-jima formed an island until 1914, when an explosive eruption produced enough material to join the island to the peninsula on the east.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Stratovolcanoes<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are also known as composite volcanoes which are <\/span><b>tall, steep, and cone-shaped types of volcanoes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike flat shield volcanoes, they have higher peaks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are built of <\/span><b>successive layers of ash and lava.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>magma <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(molten rock) <\/span><b>within the volcano is viscous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and often contains trapped gas, causing explosive eruptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stratovolcanoes occur at the <\/span><b>margins of tectonic plates,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> large sections of Earth\u2019s crust that move together.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The continental plates, composed of less dense material, override the oceanic plates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magma generated from the subducting plate rises and squeezes into cracks, eventually reaching the surface in a volcanic eruption.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They comprise the <\/span><b>largest percentage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (~60%) of the Earth\u2019s <\/span><b>individual volcanoes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/japan-volcano-erupts-sending-plumes-of-ash-34-km-high\/article70857220.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sakurajima Volcano is located on the southern tip of Kyushu island near the city of Kagoshima, Japan. 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