New island emerges off the coast of Tokyo after volcano eruption
Source: thewatchers.adorraeli.com
A new island has emerged off the coast of Tokyo on October 20, 2013, as a result of underwater volcano eruption.
Advisories from the coast guard and the Japan Meteorological Agency said the island is about 200 meters (660 feet) in diameter. The island emerged 1 000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo, just off the coast of Nishinoshima, a small, uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain, which is also known as the Bonin Islands.The last time the volcanoes in that area are known to have erupted was in the mid-1970’s. Much of the volcanic activity occurs under the sea, which extends thousands of meters deep along the Izu-Ogasawara-Marianas Trench.
Pictures taken by the Japanese coast guard showed clouds of heavy smoke, billowing steam, and waters rolling over the newly formed crater.
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