Although this is the first time Sakurajima’s alert level was raised to 5 on the 5 level scale, it does not mark its largest recent eruption. For that title, see Sakurajima’s plinian eruption in 1914-1915. The >2.5 km lava bomb/ejecta was what triggered the immediate raise to an alert level 5.
See documentaries about the year 536 A.D. People worry about Yellowstone but MUCH SMALLER and far more common (every few hundred years or more) smaller volcanoes are a very major threat to our current civilization. Unless humans start investing in UNDERGROUND cities and farms to preserve what we currently have civilization and all breeds of livestock will be lost. Imagine snow over 30 ft deep in the Deep South and all the forests elsewhere bare of leaves.
Why don’t any of these eruptions ever make the news? Subbing to your channel made me realize how often seismic activity is happening. It’s so insane! Guess it’s only worthy of news coverage if it takes out a whole village.
Because the amount of eruptions that occurs on the planet daily would destroy the WOW effect of only reporting the deadly or spectacular ones. Last year was an example of it, we had at least 3 major eruptions and several smaller ones, because of the heavy internet coverage of them, this year eruptions are receiving very little attention, because a lot more people know that this happens frequently and it's just underreported, so by now, only us, volcanoes addicted, are watching related news.
I'm surprised too. You'd think, "A Japanese supervolcano is currently erupting," would get the media's attention. They're too busy peddling monkeypox, I guess.
It doesn’t help that Sakurajima is the most likely volcano to produce a plinian VEI 5 event, something it has done in the past. Even something close in size to its VEI 4 1914 eruption would be potentially catastrophic due to the high population density of the area. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that but it is possible that it may.
@@SwieczkaNiweaniewierzeDarek Vesuvius last erupted in 1944 and it's completely quiet since then. But the main caldera of Campi flegrei had a small lava done Eruption in 1538 and it's quiet since then.
@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 Well, yes and no, pending how far down is Vesivius next door connected. Still, it will go before campaii, has a Loa and Kilueaha like relationship.
A great chain of dormant caldera's above and to the North of this too at Ebino Koen. Amazing views down several calderas to Sakurajima on a clear day if you hike for an hour or two. Kagoshima city often showered in ash. Lovely people there, well worth a visit.
Thanks! glad to say I just sent in a contribution which you well deserve. I really enjoy the geology updates and the status of the active geology around the world. If the volcanoes ever give you time I would enjoy you looking into other active geology such as mudslides and costal erosion. I did my undergrad in geology and then went on to be a planetary scientist - I probably would have been a happier person if I had stayed in geology 🥴. If you have the time and need some extra topics the history of volcanism, rifting zones, horst and graben structures and area wide uplift and depression in the midwest has a lot of interesting stuff in it (other than the fracking quakes we have all the time out here now (not that bad for me, I was at ground zero for the Whitter quake and the Joshua tree quake)) but the locals seem to get a little wired about it all.
Thank you for your support! I agree, the topics you have suggested are quite interesting. Although for the Horst + grabens, which areas are you specifying? There’s a broad group of specific subset regions you might be referring to.
Also, does the rift zone in Idaho or New Mexico interest you? On another tangent, there is a weird potential explanation on one cause of the whole basin and range rifting (potential link in part to the initial Yellowstone hotspot). I must note that the USGS could use someone with your expertise. Planetary geology can carry over well to “more regular, broad” geology. (I do not work for the USGS, just for context). :)
It was a very dirty looking sky when it happened on the 24th July , which was a shame. Many times that this sort of thing happened on Sakurajima it was clear and without warning as if the volcano was holding it's breath with no steam or any venting, then erupted into a clear sky with lots of lightning.
The list of most dangerous volcanoes in the world at 3:28 is most interesting. In the top ten Japan has three and two more to make 5 total out of 25. And Italy also has three in the top ten. Indonesia not surprisingly has the most dangerous volcanoes with seven. Many more that were not even mentioned erupt quite frequently like Merapi on Java.
I’m glad that you appreciated that list I made. I borrowed the methodology the USGS uses for rating volcanoes (in the United States) and extrapolated to volcanoes around the world.
And Yellowstone is nowhere in sight! LOL! Can you tell I'm NOT in the "Yellowstone is going to explode tomorrow and kill us all" camp? I think Campi Flegrei (sp) is far more of a threat.
That's why Indonesia became an archipelagic country, initially Indonesia was a mainland. But because there are so many natural disasters there, then what we see today are the remains of the ruins of a land.
@@MelanieCravens Yellowstone is not dangerous, because it cannot kill many people and does not make the mainland United States an island nation. Like the Hunga Tonga explosion, where only 3 people died. Compare this with the natural disasters caused by Indonesia splitting 2 large islands and often having an impact in many countries.
According to local sources, Sakurajima continues to inflate despite yesterday’s eruption. Some interpret this to indicate that eruptions like yesterday's are likely to continue for a while.
You're the only one that has mentioned this no other outlet has mentioned it as of now I'm subscribed to several news places. But my one laptop doesn't have any news on it but my other's do and they're unreachable.
Many news sources I see have articles about it. NHK (Japan's national news), AP (which most US news will echo) and NPR (where I first read about it), among others.
If you plan on doing a crater video next or soon, could you do Popigai crater? Aside all of the other top 5-10 biggest craters, there’s almost no videos on that one at all. Even on google all it really tells about are the Diamond mines, I can’t find any info on the history or anything hardly.
Love your videos also the amount of work and research you put into them. Little sad that you do not pronounce the names of Japanese volcanos correctly and once you looked into how to break Japanese into parts how easy it is. Try Sa-ku-ra-ji-ma instead of Sa-kur-a-jim-a as a start. Sorry to be picky but for me, it really takes away from the video. Will continue to watch and give a thumbs up as always.
Hi; great channel you got there, congrats! Brazil doesn't have much issues with vulcanoes but, there's a chance of you guys make a video about Brazil & ours neighbors? Thanks & take care.
And to think that the caldera area is much larger than the volcano, so these cities are in constant danger. Of course the risk of something bigger, like the caldera explosion, is low, but very possible in the future
Could you do anything on the three sisters in Oregon? I live near them. Or anything in the cascades I would love to be a volcanologist one day and your content inspires me.
Please be informed the evacuation was for less than 100 out of 600,000 residents. And many people have gone back or visited their house, to give water to the garden. Nobody knows how it will be next ? May destroy the nuclear power plant in the prefecture. Smoke of Sakurajima is a kind of tourist attraction. Kirisima volcanoes maybe more risky. Anyway, local residents are living with volcanoes for more several thousands, they prefer to stay their. You should come and enjoy hundreds hot springs volcanoes kindly offered.
Fresh specimen's for the Geologists to study . Good precautionary move by authorities , I trust the restrictions do not last long for the sake of the people . .Namaste 💐🙏❤️🙏 👍🙂
I have a hypothetical question that could be made into a video, what would happen if you have two large super volcanoes erupting at same time (I’m talking like Yellowstone and Toba having simultaneous full scale vei 8 eruptions)?
Is it safe to visit nearby cities like Kagoshima and Ibusuki at the moment? What happens if the volcano suddenly erupts more powerfully. Will there be time to flee those nearby cities, as long as I`m not on that vulcanic island? For Example if I`m in Ibusuki, which is about 20 km from the crater south.
Wow! Hope those cities have an emergency plan in place, they could be wiped out by a pyroclastic flow to the west and north with little or no warning. Or the caldera could collapse taking everything within 100 miles with it, scary stuff.
No problem with this volcano because he is constantly smoking/sprouting, the problem will start when he will go silent and accumulate pressure. The population is smart, they dont resettle/live on east flank with century old lava flow, and kagoshima is at west where no crater are actually...but it can change.
Sakurajima is extremely active, and the alert level is very high and not one I have seen in my lifetime! I have heard that when going to school, Japanese children near the volcano wear hard hats. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Why is Tarawera rank 10 on that list of most dangerous? Never heard of any warnings of it, and it last erupted in the 1880s, judging from its eruption history, seems unlikely to do anything again in the next few centuries? additionally, Mt Rangitoto, just off Aucklands cost was pinned as our next massive eruption as it is long over due, could you shed any light on either of these?
Don't know if this make sense why were experience earthquake here at my place specially shockwave 🥺😭😭 but according to what I learned if a volcano erupted it's have a chance that's the plate can move and I just realized that Japan is near here in my country Philippines 😅 and I'm from Northern Luzon so I thought it's have a connection or I'm just overthinking because of this experience shockwave 🥺 I didn't even fall asleep because I'm scared 🥺
Molten Audio voltage Holographic visual information video Thanks 4 everything U do 2 keep on top of the release of so much energy taking places across the landscape.. A lo ha
@@Vesuviusisking 2 reasons 1 it has killed people 2 it is very close to several small town's villages and japan city Kagoshima just like Vesuvius. also there motto is "Naples of the Eastern world".
The narrator does a good job of actual reading, although his pronunciation of Japanese words and names is horrific! At least the information was informative and timely!
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Although this is the first time Sakurajima’s alert level was raised to 5 on the 5 level scale, it does not mark its largest recent eruption. For that title, see Sakurajima’s plinian eruption in 1914-1915. The >2.5 km lava bomb/ejecta was what triggered the immediate raise to an alert level 5.
What are the chances of this eruption getting larger?
@@jakealter5504 High
@@joaniemama111 based on?
Idk
See documentaries about the year 536 A.D. People worry about Yellowstone but MUCH SMALLER and far more common (every few hundred years or more) smaller volcanoes are a very major threat to our current civilization. Unless humans start investing in UNDERGROUND cities and farms to preserve what we currently have civilization and all breeds of livestock will be lost. Imagine snow over 30 ft deep in the Deep South and all the forests elsewhere bare of leaves.
Glad you're always on the ball! Thanks for keeping us informed. 👍
You can't get this kind of information anywhere else nor as quickly! Thanks GH !
Always on top of things. Informative!
Thanks!
Why don’t any of these eruptions ever make the news? Subbing to your channel made me realize how often seismic activity is happening. It’s so insane! Guess it’s only worthy of news coverage if it takes out a whole village.
Because the amount of eruptions that occurs on the planet daily would destroy the WOW effect of only reporting the deadly or spectacular ones.
Last year was an example of it, we had at least 3 major eruptions and several smaller ones, because of the heavy internet coverage of them, this year eruptions are receiving very little attention, because a lot more people know that this happens frequently and it's just underreported, so by now, only us, volcanoes addicted, are watching related news.
I'm surprised too. You'd think, "A Japanese supervolcano is currently erupting," would get the media's attention. They're too busy peddling monkeypox, I guess.
My local paper reported on it here in AZ
It has to be bigger than that to make the news it's kinda stupid and angering...
@@MihzvolWuriar Yup, like that one in Africa next to lake Kiev, which also has its fair share of dangerous geo issues as well.
It doesn’t help that Sakurajima is the most likely volcano to produce a plinian VEI 5 event, something it has done in the past. Even something close in size to its VEI 4 1914 eruption would be potentially catastrophic due to the high population density of the area. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that but it is possible that it may.
Lessons must be learnt
Having an active vent on a supervolcano is a good thing for relieving magma chamber pressure and avoiding "the big one", I would assume
Unfortunately, Campi flegrei doesn't have any active vent and pressure is building up constantly along with upliftment and fumaroles.
@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 Isn't Vesuvius a one big active vent in that area?
@@SwieczkaNiweaniewierzeDarek Vesuvius last erupted in 1944 and it's completely quiet since then. But the main caldera of Campi flegrei had a small lava done Eruption in 1538 and it's quiet since then.
@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 Well, yes and no, pending how far down is Vesivius next door connected. Still, it will go before campaii, has a Loa and Kilueaha like relationship.
@@SwieczkaNiweaniewierzeDarek so-so, kinda like hawaii's Loa and Kilueaha relationship. There is also Collini albani next door above as well.
A great chain of dormant caldera's above and to the North of this too at Ebino Koen.
Amazing views down several calderas to Sakurajima on a clear day if you hike for an hour or two. Kagoshima city often showered in ash. Lovely people there, well worth a visit.
Thanks!
glad to say I just sent in a contribution which you well deserve. I really enjoy the geology updates and the status of the active geology around the world. If the volcanoes ever give you time I would enjoy you looking into other active geology such as mudslides and costal erosion. I did my undergrad in geology and then went on to be a planetary scientist - I probably would have been a happier person if I had stayed in geology 🥴. If you have the time and need some extra topics the history of volcanism, rifting zones, horst and graben structures and area wide uplift and depression in the midwest has a lot of interesting stuff in it (other than the fracking quakes we have all the time out here now (not that bad for me, I was at ground zero for the Whitter quake and the Joshua tree quake)) but the locals seem to get a little wired about it all.
Thank you for your support! I agree, the topics you have suggested are quite interesting. Although for the Horst + grabens, which areas are you specifying? There’s a broad group of specific subset regions you might be referring to.
Also, does the rift zone in Idaho or New Mexico interest you? On another tangent, there is a weird potential explanation on one cause of the whole basin and range rifting (potential link in part to the initial Yellowstone hotspot). I must note that the USGS could use someone with your expertise. Planetary geology can carry over well to “more regular, broad” geology. (I do not work for the USGS, just for context). :)
Wow! That is really crazy. Geology is truely an fascinating and never ending topic
I'm glad they raised the Alert level on this volcano. Very interesting Thank you so much. 🌷🐾🌱
It was a very dirty looking sky when it happened on the 24th July , which was a shame. Many times that this sort of thing happened on Sakurajima it was clear and without warning as if the volcano was holding it's breath with no steam or any venting, then erupted into a clear sky with lots of lightning.
Thanks, I was hoping you would cover this as it made the news in NZ.
Thank you for the constant updates of volcanic activity across this amazing planet...Mother Nature never rests!!!!
The list of most dangerous volcanoes in the world at 3:28 is most interesting. In the top ten Japan has three and two more to make 5 total out of 25. And Italy also has three in the top ten. Indonesia not surprisingly has the most dangerous volcanoes with seven. Many more that were not even mentioned erupt quite frequently like Merapi on Java.
I’m glad that you appreciated that list I made. I borrowed the methodology the USGS uses for rating volcanoes (in the United States) and extrapolated to volcanoes around the world.
@@GeologyHub Thanks for responding back. That is interesting.
And Yellowstone is nowhere in sight! LOL! Can you tell I'm NOT in the "Yellowstone is going to explode tomorrow and kill us all" camp? I think Campi Flegrei (sp) is far more of a threat.
That's why Indonesia became an archipelagic country, initially Indonesia was a mainland. But because there are so many natural disasters there, then what we see today are the remains of the ruins of a land.
@@MelanieCravens Yellowstone is not dangerous, because it cannot kill many people and does not make the mainland United States an island nation.
Like the Hunga Tonga explosion, where only 3 people died. Compare this with the natural disasters caused by Indonesia splitting 2 large islands and often having an impact in many countries.
Another amazing and informative upload. Thank you
According to local sources, Sakurajima continues to inflate despite yesterday’s eruption. Some interpret this to indicate that eruptions like yesterday's are likely to continue for a while.
Hopefully there’s no tsunamis. The population density within range is astonishing.
Very good real time update! Thank you!
Thanks for these regular volcano updates.
Great channel! My son and I love learning about volcanoes. Please do a video on Mount Ontake.
Been waiting for you to comment on this. Thumbs Up!
Much appreciated,sir!
Have you done Mount Fuji yet?
Knew I could rely on you for this 👍
Thankyou GH..understandable and the truth👍👍
If Japanese geologic survey tells you something is happening, you listen. Japan is probably most hooked up to seismic sensors per sq km in world
Thanks for the update 🖐👴👍
I was waiting to see this one from you. It's all over the news. But the news gives very little info. I come here for a much more detailed explanation
Ooo two vids in one day, fancy
Thanks for clarifying this.
Erupdate would be a great name for this.
I do really want to visit Sakurijima one day and hopefully it's summit is still active but also not trying to kill everyone.
Wow finally it blows been watching this volcano for the last 15 years
Good that they raised the level after the eruption. I really want to visit that volcano and watch it on my live stream every day.
You're the only one that has mentioned this no other outlet has mentioned it as of now I'm subscribed to several news places. But my one laptop doesn't have any news on it but my other's do and they're unreachable.
Many news sources I see have articles about it. NHK (Japan's national news), AP (which most US news will echo) and NPR (where I first read about it), among others.
plenty of 'outlets' have mentioned this, you're just not aware of them
My local and national news in the US reported it. I think I got a BBC notification, too.
If you plan on doing a crater video next or soon, could you do Popigai crater? Aside all of the other top 5-10 biggest craters, there’s almost no videos on that one at all. Even on google all it really tells about are the Diamond mines, I can’t find any info on the history or anything hardly.
Thank you!👍👍
thanks for the info..
Can you please talk about the wakulla event in Florida. Would love to hear why people thought there was a volcano there
Love your videos also the amount of work and research you put into them. Little sad that you do not pronounce the names of Japanese volcanos correctly and once you looked into how to break Japanese into parts how easy it is. Try Sa-ku-ra-ji-ma instead of Sa-kur-a-jim-a as a start. Sorry to be picky but for me, it really takes away from the video. Will continue to watch and give a thumbs up as always.
Hi; great channel you got there, congrats!
Brazil doesn't have much issues with vulcanoes but, there's a chance of you guys make a video about Brazil & ours neighbors?
Thanks & take care.
That blowed up REAL GOOD
The scale of prehistoric eruptions really boggle the mind.
Thank you, this was really helpful
And to think that the caldera area is much larger than the volcano, so these cities are in constant danger. Of course the risk of something bigger, like the caldera explosion, is low, but very possible in the future
Great work
Could you do anything on the three sisters in Oregon? I live near them. Or anything in the cascades I would love to be a volcanologist one day and your content inspires me.
As soon as I noticed this was the 2nd posted video of the day I knew something was up
Please be informed the evacuation was for less than 100 out of 600,000 residents. And many people have gone back or visited their house, to give water to the garden. Nobody knows how it will be next ? May destroy the nuclear power plant in the prefecture. Smoke of Sakurajima is a kind of tourist attraction. Kirisima volcanoes maybe more risky. Anyway, local residents are living with volcanoes for more several thousands, they prefer to stay their. You should come and enjoy hundreds hot springs volcanoes kindly offered.
Fresh specimen's for the Geologists to study .
Good precautionary move by authorities , I trust the restrictions do not last long for the sake of the people .
.Namaste 💐🙏❤️🙏 👍🙂
How long does it take you to research the info for one video like this?
One of my favourite humans is there to study the lightning in the plums. He is under strict instructions to be careful.
What is strange to me is the nearby Sendai nuclear power plant, when this Vulcan can erupt it is not smart to have a close by nuclear power plant
That’s about a thousand kilometer away from there.
Japan and New Zealand appear to have earthquake or volcano eruptions not far apart in timing some times
The picture from 13 to 16 second is not Sakurajima. It is Paluweh in Indonesia.
Could you make a video of the Cofre de Perote volcano in México? Its a very peculiar volcabo.
How about Ege see volcanos?
I have a hypothetical question that could be made into a video, what would happen if you have two large super volcanoes erupting at same time (I’m talking like Yellowstone and Toba having simultaneous full scale vei 8 eruptions)?
Say hello to the new ice age.
@@spider0804 Back to the stone age!
Nothing good. That's the answer. Nothing good.
An extinction event, that's what would happen.
@@yzettasmith4194 we're already in the middle of an extinction event.
can you do mt putauaki aka Edgecumbe as i dont hear much about it or if its a risk its in nz
Is it safe to visit nearby cities like Kagoshima and Ibusuki at the moment? What happens if the volcano suddenly erupts more powerfully. Will there be time to flee those nearby cities, as long as I`m not on that vulcanic island? For Example if I`m in Ibusuki, which is about 20 km from the crater south.
any recent news on mt st. helens ect?
Don't let your guard down, my people
Please, we need and update of chiles/cerro negro. The activity has been increasing with thousands of earthquakes, today there was an earthquake of 5.7
It erupts very frequently. If it ever stops are opting for a long period of time, you know you’re in trouble.
Anak Krakatoa is playing up too, because it’s jealous 🌋
Wow! Hope those cities have an emergency plan in place, they could be wiped out by a pyroclastic flow to the west and north with little or no warning. Or the caldera could collapse taking everything within 100 miles with it, scary stuff.
No problem with this volcano because he is constantly smoking/sprouting, the problem will start when he will go silent and accumulate pressure.
The population is smart, they dont resettle/live on east flank with century old lava flow, and kagoshima is at west where no crater are actually...but it can change.
Sakurajima is extremely active, and the alert level is very high and not one I have seen in my lifetime! I have heard that when going to school, Japanese children near the volcano wear hard hats. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Why is Tarawera rank 10 on that list of most dangerous? Never heard of any warnings of it, and it last erupted in the 1880s, judging from its eruption history, seems unlikely to do anything again in the next few centuries? additionally, Mt Rangitoto, just off Aucklands cost was pinned as our next massive eruption as it is long over due, could you shed any light on either of these?
All of them have something in common 🤔
POIS É MAIS UM, E AINDA BEM QUE OS JAPONESES SÃO BEM ATENTOS AU SEUS VULCÕES. COMPARTILHADO!!
my birthday! 🥰
The pitch falloff at the end of every sentence is really disturbing.
Cherry Blossom Island is spitting cherry pits! 😰
Wnat did Sakuta do now? I hope everyone is all right ✌
The ring of fire is Awakening
Admiral
Hell of a lot of people in that region. Worst case scenario if it pops for real.
Don't know if this make sense why were experience earthquake here at my place specially shockwave 🥺😭😭 but according to what I learned if a volcano erupted it's have a chance that's the plate can move and I just realized that Japan is near here in my country Philippines 😅 and I'm from Northern Luzon so I thought it's have a connection or I'm just overthinking because of this experience shockwave 🥺 I didn't even fall asleep because I'm scared 🥺
Molten Audio voltage Holographic visual information video
Thanks 4 everything U do 2 keep on top of the release of so much energy taking places across the landscape..
A lo ha
!!! 😉 Level 5, should be Emediant
Eruption !!!
Admit it you love saying Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai don't you? It is ok we love hearing you say it!
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The Japanese version of Vesuvius
Is this a super volcano?
Kinda 🤔
Sakurajima is a strato volcano on a huge caldera called Aira caldera. So yes, it's a part of a supervolcano.
Double header!
nick name is Mount Vesuvius of the east by the way
Why is it called that
@@Vesuviusisking 2 reasons 1 it has killed people 2 it is very close to several small town's villages and japan city Kagoshima just like Vesuvius. also there motto is "Naples of the Eastern world".
@@christopherhanton6611 most volcanoes have killed people
The narrator does a good job of actual reading, although his pronunciation of Japanese words and names is horrific!
At least the information was informative and timely!
I think all the island should be evacuated
Ahhhh yes i remember playing a roblox volcano game and got a VEI 6 from this Volcano💀
F for japan
FIX THE VOLUME You are supposed to be scientists!!!
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What did he say? It’s Sah-koo-rah-gee-mah. Omg. This hurts my ears. Try to pronounce the word without intonation. And don’t slur the m, buddy. 🙉
Ryk Franka Boga cielca
And there is a nuclear power plant on the
island
no, there isn't. it's 50 km distant.
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God forbid you show actual video footage. Plenty of stills but no movie? 👎