{"id":47750,"date":"2025-11-17T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47750"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:15:17","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, Japan\u2019s Sakurajima volcano erupted multiple times and sent a plume of smoke and ash as high as 4.4 kilometres into the air.<\/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, <\/span><b>Japan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of Japan\u2019s most <\/span><b>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 is a <\/span><b>stratovolcano <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">formed from layers of lava and ash. 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 <\/span><b>Aira caldera.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is formed by the <\/span><b>central cones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Kitadake (northern peak) and the Minamidake (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>What is Volcano?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/volcanism\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>volcano<\/strong><\/a> is an <\/span><b>opening on the surface of a planet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or moon that allows material warmer than its surroundings to escape from its interior.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When this material escapes, it causes an eruption and it can last days, months, or even years.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This eruption <\/span><b>can be explosive,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sending material high into the sky. Or it <\/span><b>can be calmer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with gentle flows of material.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/japans-sakurajima-volcano-erupts-ashfall-cancels-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/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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