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| In this aerial view, plumes of white smoke rise from Mount Aso Nakadake Crater in Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, Saturday morning, Oct. 8, 2016 following eruptions earlier in the day. Mount Aso has sent huge plumes of gray smoke as high as 11 kilometers into the air in one of the volcano's biggest explosions in years. / AP-Yonhap |
By Park Si-soo
Mount. Aso in southern Japan has erupted, sending huge plumes of gray smoke as high as 11 kilometers into the air. It was one of the volcano's biggest explosions in years.
The latest eruption occurred nearly one month after two powerful earthquakes struck South Korea's southeastern city of Gyeongju early September.
The Japan's meteorological agency issued its third-highest alert, warning people not to approach the volcano after it rumbled to life early on Saturday. The agency said the Saturday's explosion also blew off bits of volcanic rock and ash.
Nobody lives within the area and there were no reports of injuries or damage in the area still recovering from deadly earthquakes earlier this year, according to news reports.
Mount. Aso has repeated smaller eruptions in recent years. The agency said the volcano could erupt again.
Japan sits above the Pacific "ring of fire" and has more than 100 volcanoes.
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| In this aerial photo, people walk in the compound of Aso Shrine totally covered by gray ash near the Romon tower gate, left, which was completely flattened and damaged by April's earthquakes, in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, Saturday morning, Oct. 8, 2016, following Mount Aso's eruption earlier in the day. / AP-Yonhap |
