A Skymark Airlines jet liner lands at Kagoshima airport, southern Japan, with volcanic smoke from Mount Shinmoedake in the Kirishimna range hovers high in the sky. The revived volcano in southern Japan erupted with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 8 kilometers away. Photo: AP
A Skymark Airlines jet liner lands at Kagoshima airport, southern Japan, with volcanic smoke from Mount Shinmoedake in the Kirishimna range hovers high in the sky. The revived volcano in southern Japan erupted with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 8 kilometers away. Photo: AP
Volcanic smoke rises from the crater on Mount Shinmoedake in the Kirishimna range on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu. The revived volcano in southern Japan erupted with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 8 kilometers away. Photo: AP
Local residents take a rest at a gymnasium acting as evecuation center in Takaharu town, Miyazaki prefecture. More than 1 000 people is southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as a volcano picked up its activities, spewing ashes and small rocks into air and disrupting airline operations. Photo: Reuters
An aerial view shows Shinmoedake peak erupting between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures. More than 1 000 people in southern Japan have been urged to evacuate their homes near a volcano that has been spewing ash and rocks into the air. Photo: Reuters
Residents take a rest at an evacuation centre in Takaharu town, Miyazaki prefecture. More than 1 000 people is southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as a volcano picked up its activities, spewing ashes and small rocks into air and disrupting airline operations. Photo: Reuters
Erupting Shinmoedake peak between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, is seen from Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture. More than 1 000 people in southern Japan have been urged to evacuate their homes near the volcano that has been spewing ash and rocks into the air, a local official said on Monday. The volcanic activity has disrupted airline flights and blanketed local vegetable farms in ash. Photo: Reuters
An aerial view shows Shinmoedake peak erupting between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures. More than 1 000 people is southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as a volcano picked up its activities, spewing ashes and small rocks into air and disrupting airline operations. Photo: Reuters
Dome of lava is seen at a eruptive crater at Shinmoedake peak between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures. More than 1 000 people is southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as a volcano picked up its activities, spewing ashes and small rocks into air and disrupting airline operations. Photo: Reuters
Volcanic smoke rises from the crater on Mount Shinmoedake in the Kirishimna range on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu. The revived volcano in southern Japan erupted with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 8 kilometers away. Photo: AP
White smoke rises from the crater on Mount Shinmoedake in the Kirishimna range on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu. The revived volcano in southern Japan erupted with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 8 kilometers away. Photo: AP
Dome of lava is seen at a eruptive crater at Shinmoedake peak between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures. More than 1 000 people is southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as a volcano picked up its activities, spewing ashes and small rocks into air and disrupting airline operations. Photo: Reuters
A view of a dome of lava is seen at a eruptive crater at Shinmoedake peak between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures. More than 1 000 people is southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as a volcano picked up its activities, spewing ashes and small rocks into air and disrupting airline operations. Photo: Reuters
Published Feb 1, 2011
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A revived volcano in southern Japan erupted on Tuesday with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 8 kilometers away. The danger zone around Shinmoedake volcano was widened to keep residents safe. The largest eruption since it burst back to life last week covered wide areas in ash, shot boulders onto distant roads, knocked down trees and broke hundreds of windows in hotels and offices.
No serious injuries have been reported since the initial eruption last Wednesday, but public broadcaster NHK said a woman suffered cuts from shattered glass in Tuesday's blast.
