Overall Green Volcanic eruption alert for Suwanosejima in Japan on 24 Jun 2021 00:00 UTC

Event summary

Volcanic eruption Suwanosejima is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Name:	Suwanosejima
Lat/Lon:	29.638 , 129.714
Event Date:	24 Jun 2021 00:00 UTC
Exposed Population 30km:	About 300 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km:	About 600 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:	4
Population exposure index:	2
Inserted at:	24 Jun 2021 05:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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Historical Timeline

Volcano Timeline

ID	GDACS alert color	Date	Eruption Details	Source
1		24 Jun 2021 00:00	Exploded at 2021-06-24 21:07 UTC flight level 80 (2400m) extend north.	TOKYO

Exposed population

The eruption happened in Japan , Region of Kyushu (population 13,296,000) . The nearest places are Motomura, Akusekishima, Nakanoshima, and Kuchinoshima.

Radius	Population
100 km	<1000 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	<1000 people
30 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

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Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kyushu	Japan	13.3 million people
Okinawa	Japan	1.2 million people
Shikoku	Japan	4.3 million people
Chugoku	Japan	8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Motomura	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	5 km
Akusekishima	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	25 km
Nakanoshima	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	26 km
Kuchinoshima	Kagoshima	Japan	Village	-	43 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tokara Island		Japan	28 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

Tsunami impact

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Tsunami affected locations

Initial conditions

More information

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