Aira is a massive caldera on the southern end of Japan’s Kyushu island. Currently, the city of Kagoshima, situated in the middle of the caldera that forms a scenic bay, is home to over 900,000 ...

Aira Caldera: Japan's Fiery Supervolcano. Japan's Aira Caldera is a volcanic complex that was formed roughly 22,000 years ago ...

A caldera is a large cauldron-shaped follow that forms shortly after a volcanic eruption. Aira is a 25-kilometre wide crater on the south of Kyushu island and is believed to have been formed ...

Aira Caldera, Japan (0.9 million/2.6 million): The population around the Aira caldera might be lower than most of the top 10 volcanoes, but its frequent eruptions (from Sakurajima) and history of ...

There are many supervolcanoes around the world other than Yellowstone, including California's Long Valley, Japan's Aira Caldera, Indonesia's Toba, and New Zealand's Taupo.

The Japanese cities of Kirishima and Kagoshima lie directly on the border of the Aira caldera, one of the most active, hazardous, and closely monitored volcanoes in southern Japan.

A violent eruption at Japan's Sakurajima Volcano has produced a ... The Sakurajima Volcano sits within a shallow sea formed from an eruption 22,000 years ago that formed the Aira Caldera.

Most Likely to Erupt: Aira Caldera (due to Sakurajima’s activity) and Taupō Volcanic Zone. Most Hazardous to Populations : Campi Flegrei, given its proximity to densely populated Naples, and ...

In the world of volcanoes, we had such a kerfuffle just this week. It featured headlines like this about Sakurajima in the Aira caldera : Volcano near Japanese nuclear plant to see major eruption ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. ... In Japan, the Aira caldera, in southern Kyushu, ...

Aira is a massive caldera on the southern end of Japan’s Kyushu island. Currently, the city of Kagoshima, situated in the middle of the caldera that forms a scenic bay, is home to over 900,000 ...