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Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan - Geological Survey of Japan; Volcano on Google Map - Geological Survey of Japan; The National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency; 日本の主な山岳標高 (Elevation of Principal Mountains in Japan) - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (in Japanese)
The 2024 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of California. As of December 10, 2024 [update] , a total of 7,909 wildfires have burned a cumulative 1,047,576 acres (423,939 ha).
Mount Asama (浅間山, Asama-yama) is an active complex volcano in central Honshū, the main island of Japan.The volcano is the most active on Honshū. [3] The Japan Meteorological Agency classifies Mount Asama as rank A. [4] It stands 2,568 metres (8,425 ft) above sea level on the border of Gunma and Nagano prefectures. [5]
Earlier eruptions built the white sand highlands in the region. On September 13, 2016, a team of experts from Bristol University and the Sakurajima Volcano Research Centre in Japan suggested that the volcano could have a major eruption within 30 years; since then two eruptions have occurred. [6] Sakurajima is a stratovolcano.
Mount Aso (阿蘇山, Aso-san) or Aso Volcano is the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest in the world. Common use relates often only to the somma volcano in the centre of Aso Caldera. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu.
For years now, California has been bracing for the "big one" -- the magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake that is expected to send ripples through the state within the century. But there's another ...
The firefighting effort was primarily administered by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). [1] The first fires started around 3:30 A.M. on August 16, 2020, the result of a thunderstorm that produced close to 11,000 bolts of lightning and started hundreds of fires throughout California.
California's other volcanoes also pose risks. And eruptions could have lasting repercussions that affect the entire state. And eruptions could have lasting repercussions that affect the entire state.