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Volcanic warning at Japanese hot springs resort
by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) May 5, 2015


Costa Rica's Turrialba volcano spews ash on capital
San Jos� (AFP) May 5, 2015 - Turrialba volcano spewed a column of smoke and ash on Monday that reached Costa Rica's capital San Jose 60 kilometers (40 miles) away, authorities said.

The latest moderate eruption, which included rocks around the crater area, hit at near 2100 GMT, raising eyebrows but not great alarm in the capital, the Volcanic and Seismic Center reported. Its previous rumble came just Thursday.

The latest eruption lasted about a half hour and was accompanied by a coating of ash in San Jose, and a strong smell of sulfur.

The volcano, 3,340 meters (10,960 feet) high, erupted in early March and shut down the airport for nearly two days.

Turrialba was inactive for 130 years until it came back to life in the 1990s. In late October last year it erupted with great force, spewing ash and magma. It has been rumbling ever since.

Japan's meteorological agency on Tuesday issued a warning to limit access to the popular hot springs resort of Hakone after a nearby volcano became active and began belching steaming gas.

Two minor quakes measuring magnitude 2.0 and 2.4 were recorded Tuesday morning at the volcano, southwest of Tokyo, the agency reported.

"Activity at Hakone... is in a state of uncertainty," the agency said in an advisory.

"There is a possibility that a minor eruption may suddenly occur," it said. "Please do not enter dangerous zones."

The warning, which comes in the middle of the nation's "Golden Week" spring holidays, was expected to affect tourism there as some 20 million people, including foreign tourists, visit Hakone, one of the most famous hot spring resorts in Japan, every year.

The agency issues restraint advisories when a volcano becomes sufficiently active to spew lava, ash, hot steam and toxic gas as well as rocks and ash.

Japan sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are relatively commonplace.

Last September, a volcano violently erupted in Mount Ontake, central Japan, leaving 57 people dead and six others still missing in the nation's deadliest eruption for almost 90 years.


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