Large Eruption at Mount Shindake in Japan Ejects Plume 7,000 Meters in the Air

(SS) – Mount Shindake on the Japanese island of Kutinoerabu erupted in the early hours of February 3, 2020. The strong volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash and gas 7,000 meters in the air and created a 900-

meter-long pyroclastic flow on the southwest slope of the crater. The eruption created pyroclastic flows that reached around 900 meters southwest of the crater for the first time since January 29, 2019. READ MORE