Overview

• The Kagoshima Local Meteorological Observatory confirmed an eruption at 4:53 a.m. on August 28 at Shinmoedake in the Kirishima range on the Miyazaki–Kagoshima border.
• The ash column rose about 5,500 meters above the crater, the first confirmed plume over 5,000 meters since July 3.
• Ash drifted to the southwest with heavy fall forecast for Kobayashi in Miyazaki Prefecture and Kirishima in Kagoshima Prefecture.
• The eruption alert remains at Level 3 with warnings to stay within three kilometers of the crater away from large volcanic rocks.
• The latest activity follows a June 22 reactivation, the first since 2018, with officials noting continuous eruptions since August 27.