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A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu, called Sakurajima, erupted at about 8:05 p.m. (1105 GMT) on Sunday, the Japanese meteorological agency (JMA) said, but media said there were no immediate reports of damage.

An aerial view shows the crater atop Mt. Sakurajima in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 15, 2015.An aerial view shows the crater atop Mt. Sakurajima in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 15, 2015.

There were reports of volcanic stones raining down at a distance of 2.5 km from the volcano, NHK public television said. Sakurajima is one of Japan’s most active volcanoes and eruptions of varying levels take place on a regular basis.Video footage from Sunday’s eruption showed what appeared to be a red mass flowing down one side of the volcano, with red projectiles shooting out while smoke, hard to see in the darkness, billowed up.

 

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