Roundup of Global Volcanic Activity:
Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): A moderately large vulcanian explosion occurred this morning, producing significant fallout of lapilli and small bombs in several kilometres distance. Cars parked at the Arimura Lava observatory observation point to the south of the volcano were damages and windshields broken, at a distance of about 4 km. There are no reports of injuries to people.
The ash plume from the eruption rose to approx. 12,000 ft (3.6 km) elevation, i.e. about 2.5 km km height. In itself, today's explosion is not even among the largest that have occurred in the past months, but the volcano clearly continues to be in a state of elevated activity when seen on a long-term average.
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