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Volcano Eruption and Earthquakes Shake Japan’s Ogasawara Islands

According to @CCTV International News, according to Kyodo News today (5th), the Japan Coast Guard announced that the Nishinoshima volcano in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands erupted on a small scale on the 4th, and therefore called on ships sailing nearby to pay attention.

It is said that the volcano erupted gray smoke columns as high as 1,500 meters, and the sea water around the island turned brown and green.

Nishinoshima is an uninhabited volcanic island about 930 kilometers south of Tokyo. In November 2013, the Nishinoshima volcano erupted again for the first time in about 40 years. Since then, its activity has intensified and it has erupted repeatedly.

Earthquakes hit Japan one after another

According to the official measurement of the China Seismological Network, at 3:22 pm local time today (5th) (2:22 pm Beijing time), another magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in the southeastern waters of Honshu, Japan, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

According to previous measurements by the China Seismological Network, at 10 a.m. Beijing time this morning, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred also in the southeastern waters of Honshu, Japan, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

The Japan Meteorological Agency once issued a tsunami warning. A tsunami wave height of about 1 meter was observed in the waters near the Izu Islands, and a tsunami wave height of about 30 centimeters was observed near the coast of Hachijo Island in the Izu Islands.

The tsunami warning has now been cancelled.

Original title: A volcano erupts in Japan

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2023-10-05 10:32:19

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