{"id":196450,"date":"2023-11-30T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T09:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196450"},"modified":"2023-11-30T09:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T09:59:43","slug":"watch-as-japanese-island-erupts-sending-ash-and-plumes-of-smoke-into-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/watch-as-japanese-island-erupts-sending-ash-and-plumes-of-smoke-into-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch as Japanese island erupts sending ash and plumes of smoke into the air"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan: Volcano erupts debris into the air on Niijima Island<\/h3>\n

A new island near Japan created in a violent underwater volcanic eruption has continued to spew smoke and molten rock. Japanese coastguards have released a video of the volcanic outcrop which has been named Niijima meaning “new island”.<\/p>\n

The island appeared in the sea hundreds of miles south of Tokyo last month, growing to a few hundred feet in length. The new land formation, which is just a few hundred feet long, is off the coast of the larger island of Iwo Jima. <\/p>\n

The coastguard video shows the debris and smoke from the volcanic eruption being sent high into the air. Appearing near the Ogasawara island chain, the island is located around half a mile off the coast of Iwo Jima.<\/p>\n

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Scientists warn the island, made from accumulated volcanic ash and rocks, may be washed away soon. The new land mass has reached a height of about 66 feet above sea level. <\/p>\n

Japan has 111 active volcanoes, with the majority of them located around the Pacific Ring of Fire. The construction of new islands as a result of undersea volcanoes and seismic activity is not unusual.<\/p>\n

A decade-long eruption in Nishinoshima in 2013, for example, resulted in the formation of a new island.\u00a0With over a hundred active volcanoes, Japan is one of the most seismically active countries in the world.<\/p>\n

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An analyst in the Japan Meteorological Agency\u2019s volcanic division told the Telegraph the island could soon crumble away into the sea. Yuji Usui told the newspaper: “We just have to see the development, but the island may not last very long.”<\/p>\n

During World War II, Iwo Jima saw heavy fighting, and the site of the iconic photograph of the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi in February 1945.<\/p>\n