2014-09-27 Volcano eruption in Japan on 27 September, 2014

Emergency Obs. Request Information

  • Disaster Type: Volcano eruption
  • Country: Japan
  • Occurrence Date (UTC):
  • SA activation Date(UTC): 27 September, 2014
  • Requester: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC/SOPAC)
  • Escalation to the International Charter:
  • GLIDE Number:

Disaster Situation

Mt. Ontake erupted just before noon Saturday for the first time in sevenyears, injuring dozens of people seriously, according to the JapanMeteorological Agency and local authorities.

Satellite Image

 Before Disaster

 JAXA 

2010-10-01

ALOS Pan-sharpen, P72 F2875-2880 A0.0 Oct 1, 2010

2010-10-01

ALOS Pan-sharpen, P72 F2880-2885 A0.0 Oct 1, 2010

 After Disaster

 NARL 

2014-09-30

20140930_Japan_Ontake_Volcano_MS

2014-09-30

20140930_Japan_Ontake_Volcano_PAN