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Japanese volcano erupts
Shinmoedake, not Fuji. It is an active volcano, so, pardon the pun, but it's not earth shattering news when it makes a rumble. It's last two episodes were Jan 19 and two years before that...
But this one, Sunday, was the biggest eruption in 52 years.
It shattered windows up to 4 miles away and threw rock/ash 6,000 ft into the air.
Here's the best recap of the week that i've read:
But this one, Sunday, was the biggest eruption in 52 years.
It shattered windows up to 4 miles away and threw rock/ash 6,000 ft into the air.
The volcano is on Kyushu island, about 950 miles from the epicenter of Friday's magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which devastated much of the country's northeastern coast.
It was unclear if the eruptions were linked to quake, officials said. Japan lies on the "ring of fire," a seismically active zone where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are common.
It was unclear if the eruptions were linked to quake, officials said. Japan lies on the "ring of fire," a seismically active zone where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are common.
The volcano last erupted Jan. 19 after remaining dormant for two years. Volcanologists had warned that a "lava dome" was growing inside the volcano's crater, although it was uncertain when or if the volcano would erupt.
Here's the best recap of the week that i've read:
M9.1 earthquake
catastrophic tsunami
Fukushima1-1 partial meltdown
M7.2 aftershock
Fukushima1-1 hydrogen explosion
volcanic eruption; really, a @#$%ing volcano, really?
Fukushima1-3 partial meltdown
panic about another possible tsunami
Fukushima1-3 one-ups the Unit 1-1 explosion
...at this point it's 50/50 whether Godzilla crawls out of the ocean.
catastrophic tsunami
Fukushima1-1 partial meltdown
M7.2 aftershock
Fukushima1-1 hydrogen explosion
volcanic eruption; really, a @#$%ing volcano, really?
Fukushima1-3 partial meltdown
panic about another possible tsunami
Fukushima1-3 one-ups the Unit 1-1 explosion
...at this point it's 50/50 whether Godzilla crawls out of the ocean.
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