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Two tectonic plates pushed against each other creating a fault line and pushing the ground around it upward, this is how mountains are formed, but volcanoes follow the same process except the ground below a volcano must be a crevice reaching the Earth's second layer, the Mantle, in order to reach high enough temperatures that magma or "lava" can be formed from rocks in the crevice.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoit erupt because plates move apart and the magma in the core comes to the vent.
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∙ 12y ago- it is a strato volcano
- erupting today
- located on the aira-caldera
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∙ 7y agoThe latest eruption started on February 5, 2016.
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What are the legends or stories about the sakurajima volcano?
Yes, there are myths about Sakurajima Volcano, most of them including religious meanings or its haunted or something like that =] hope that helps! jess xox
Is sakurajima a hot spot?
No. Sakurajima is a volcano associated with a convergent plate boundary.
What plate is Mount Sakurajima on?
No. Sakurajima is a volcano associate with a plate boundary.
How dangerous is sakurajima?
Sakurajima is a rather dangerous volcano due to it's large and constant production of ash. The volcano is currently under a Level 3 orange alert from the Japan Meteorological Agency. It is currently the only volcano with this alert level in Japan.
Is Mt Sakurajima a cinder cone?
No. It is a stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano.
Where is Sakurajima Volcano?
Sakurajima or Cherry Island is an active volcano. It is a former island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan.
What is the name of a Kyushu volcano?
The volcano is called Sakurajima.
What are the legends or stories about the sakurajima volcano?
Yes, there are myths about Sakurajima Volcano, most of them including religious meanings or its haunted or something like that =] hope that helps! jess xox
Is sakurajima a hot spot?
No. Sakurajima is a volcano associated with a convergent plate boundary.
In which country is the sakurajima volcano?
Japan!
What plate is Mount Sakurajima on?
No. Sakurajima is a volcano associate with a plate boundary.
Where is mount Sakurajima volcano?
Sakurajima is on the southern part of the Japanese island of Kyushu, projecting into Kagoshima Bay.
What is the most active volcanoes in japan?
Sakurajima volcano
How dangerous is sakurajima?
Sakurajima is a rather dangerous volcano due to it's large and constant production of ash. The volcano is currently under a Level 3 orange alert from the Japan Meteorological Agency. It is currently the only volcano with this alert level in Japan.
Is Mt Sakurajima a cinder cone?
No. It is a stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano.
What are facts about sakurajima?
it is a strato volcanoerupting todaylocated on the aira-caldera
How old is the volcano Sakurajima?
The age of mount yasur volcano is 281 years old and 361 m high.
