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Eruption of Mt. Usu (Japan) of April/May 2000

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Archive - Livecam of Mt. Usu
Archive - Pictures from TV-Stations
Archive - Pictures from Yahoo!
News about Mt Usu
Links
Earthquakes in Hokkaido, Japan Region

Archive - Livecam of Mt. Usu of STV

	Steam and vapor spews from a newly created crator on the top of Mount Usu. 20. April 2000	Steam and vapor spews from a newly created crator on the slope of Mount Usu. 19. April 2000	Steam and vapor spews from a newly created crator on the slope of Mount Usu. 18. April 2000
Steam and vapor spews from a newly created crator on the slope of Mount Usu. 2. April 2000	Steamclouds over the volcano on the right. 1. April 2000	The eruption has just started. Because of the ash the day is darken. 31. March 2000	Vapourclouds over the volcano. An eruption will may start soon. 30. March 2000

Archive - Pictures from TV-Stations

			Eruption plume near inhabited area. (captured from CNN) 1. April 2000
Eruption plume on the slope of the volcano. Third eruption in 24 hours. (captured from CNN) 1. April 2000	Crack in a road near the volcano. (captured from CNN) 31. March 2000	Eruption plume over the crater region (captured from CNN) 31. March 2000	View to the volcano (captured from CNN) 31. March 2000
Crack in a road near the volcano. (captured from CNN) 31. March 2000	View from the mountain to the crater area. (captured from CNN) 31. March 2000	Clouds of ash and vapour over the volcano seen from the lake. (captured from CNN) 31. March 2000 0800 AM (GMT)	Clouds of ash and vapour over the volcano. An eruption has just started. (captured from CNN) 31. March 2000 0800 AM (GMT)

Archive - Pictures from Yahoo!

	Image of the erupting Mt. Usu volcano in Hokkaido, Japan was acquired on April 3, 2000 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection (ASTER) on the NASA Terra satellite. The ground level inset photo was on the handout provided by NASA. (AP Photo/NASA) - Apr 19 5:45 PM ET	A crack splits a highway running through the evacuated town of Abuta, Japan, as gas shoots from a crater in the side of Mt. Usu Friday April 7, 2000. After more than a week of small craters constantly spewing gas, ash, and debris on top of surrounding the towns, volcanologists say geological events indicate a major eruption may be coming in the next two weeks. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) - Apr 07 7:50 AM ET	Mount Usu volcano spews ash-laden smoke Friday, April 7, 2000 in Touya on the northern island of Hokkaido. Some 16,000 people were forced to evacuate over the past week when the volcano began erupting after a 22-year silence. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Apr 07 6:45 AM ET
Japanese firetrucks pass through a cloud of ash, from the erupting Mt. Usu volcano, in the town of Sobetsu Thursday April 6 , 2000. After more than a week of small craters constantly spewing gas, ash, and debris on top of surrounding the towns, volcanologists say geological events indicate a major eruption may be coming in the next two weeks. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) - Apr 06 6:30 AM ET	Mount Usu volcano spews smoke, steam and ash near the town of Abuta on Sunday. Ash belched from a rumbling volcano in northern Japan combining with heavy rains could trigger landslides, the Meteorological Agency warned on Wednesday. (Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters) - Apr 05 8:56 AM ET	Steam and volcanic ash covers the sky over a residential area near Touya as eruptions continue at Mt.Usu Wednesday, April 5, 2000, on the northern island of Hokkaido. Over 15,000 evacuated residents in towns in the red zone area are still barred from going home, 6 days after the initial eruption, while experts suggested that the series of eruptions from the last 6 days may trigger a massive eruption. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Apr 05 5:30 AM ET	Cows stand in an ash-covered ranch in Touya village on northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Wednesday, April 5, 2000. Mount Usu volcano erupted last week after its 22-year silence, spouting gas, smoke and debris. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Apr 05 12:05 AM ET
Smoke, steam and ash billow over the resort town of Toyako on the foot of Mount Usu volcano Sunday. Mount Usu blasted fresh columns of steam and ash into the sky above northern Hokkaido island on Tuesday and scientists voiced fears a bigger eruption could be brewing. (Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters) - Apr 04 2:14 PM ET	The Mount Usu Volcano spews ash-laden smoke in Touya, on the northernmost island of Hokkaido, Tuesday, April 4, 2000. Some 16,000 people were forced to evacuate over the past week when the volcano began erupting after a 22-year silence. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Apr 04 2:30 AM ET	A column of steam and ash erupts from a roadside crater in the side of Mt Usu near the town of Toyako Onsen, Japan Monday April 3, 2000. Thousands of people have been evacuated from the areas at the base of the active volcano, including Toyako Onsen where new craters have opened just hundreds of meters from residents' homes. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) - Apr 03 5:55 AM ET	Steam and ashes are spewed from craters on the slope of Mt. Usu just above Touya Onsen town Monday, April 3, 2000, in Touya , Hokkaido 770 kilometers (475 miles) north of Tokyo. Eruptions continue from the volcano, creating new craters while more than 13,000 evacuated residents are still barred from their homes for the sixth day. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Apr 03 5:50 AM ET
The Mount Usu Volcano spews ash-laden smoke Sunday, April 2, 2000, in Touya village, Hokkaido 770 kilometers, (475 miles) north of Tokyo. The volcano continues erupting for the third day while the emergency alert was still on which forced all the residents in towns nearby the erupting mountain to evacuate to safety. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Apr 02 6:10 AM ET	Columns of smoke rise from a crater on Mount Usu, 770 kilometers (475 miles) north of Tokyo, Sunday, April 2, 2000. Three days after the volcano in northern Japan burst back to life, experts say it has already changed the topography of the area _ and that could have long-lasting effects on the lives of the more than 51,000 people who live around its base. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) - Apr 01 10:50 PM ET	Evacuees make camp on blankets on the floor of basketball gymnasium in Toyoura, Japan Saturday April 1, 2000 after fleeing the town of Abuta, at the southwestern base of the erupting Mt. Usu volcano. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) - Apr 01 6:40 AM ET	Cracks run through an empty street in Abuta town 770 kilometers (475 miles) north of Tokyo with a backdrop of the erupting Mt. Usu, Saturday, Apr 1, 2000. The volcano erupted March 31 for the first time in 22 years, forcing residents in the surrounding areas, including Abuta, to evacuate. The eruptions continue for the second day as experts suggest that the volcanic activities will likely last for a long period of time before resting quiet. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) - Apr 01 3:10 AM ET
Columns of smoke spew from the foot of Mount Usu following another eruption that occuered near a hot spintg town where all the residents have been evacuated already Saturday, Apr. 1, 2000, in Touya village, 770 kilometers (475 miles) north of Tokyo. The eruption took place for the first time March 31 in 22 years and experts suggested the volcanic activities will continue for a long period of time. No dead, injuries or damage to residents have been reported. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Apr 01 2:00 AM ET	Mount Usu volcano erupts again in Touya village, 770 kilometers (475 miles) north of Tokyo, Saturday, Apr. 1, 2000. The mount spit out ash and debris in two major eruptions, fueling fears the 51,000 people living around the base of the volcano, which has come to life after more than two decades of silence. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Apr 01 12:45 AM ET	Guards block a road in Abuta leading to Mount Usu Friday, March 31, 2000 as the volcano, in the background, erupts in Date, 770 kilometers (475 miles) north of Tokyo, Friday afternoon, March 31, 2000. The volcano erupted on Friday after two decades of silence, spewing a roiling mixture of rock, gas and ash over the snowy countryside of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) - Mar 31 4:30 AM ET	Mount Usu, spewing a roiling mixture of rock, gas and ash, is seen from Abuta town Friday, March 31, 2000 as the volcano erupted at 1:10 P.M. (04:10GMT) in Date, 770 kilometers (475 miles) north of Tokyo, Friday afternoon, March 31, 2000. The volcano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido erupted Friday after two decades of silence. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) - Mar 31 4:20 AM ET
Journalists and onlookers park their vehicles on the lakeside of Toya Lake as they observe the eruption of Mount Usu, in the background, in Date, 770 kilometers (475 miles) north of Tokyo, Friday afternoon, March 31, 2000. The volcano erupted at 1:10 P.M. (04:10GMT) on Friday after two decades of silence, spewing a roiling mixture of rock, gas and ash over the snowy countryside of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Mar 31 2:05 AM ET	Fissures on the flank of the volcano on Mount Usu, the 2,416-foot mountain, 475 miles north of Tokyo, are seen in this image taken from video Thursday, March 30, 2000. More than 10,000 people were forced to leave their homes near Mount Usu on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, and had to be warned not to venture back. (AP Photo/Hokkaido University, HO) - Mar 30 9:45 PM ET	Smoke rises from Mt. Usu behind an electric signboard reading 'No traffic allowed due to earthquakes' in this town of Date on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido Thursday. Seismic activities intensified near the rumbling volcano on Hokkaido as nearly 10,000 people spent their night in uncertainty at evacuation centers. (Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters) - Mar 30 4:14 PM ET	A snow-covered Mount Usu is seen from Date, a village on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, 770 kilometers (475 miles) north of Tokyo, Thursday morning, March 30, 2000. More than 8,000 people from three towns were evacuated as increasingly powerful tremors shook the active volcano on Mount Usu that erupted in 1978. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) - Mar 29 7:05 PM ET

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News about the volcano on yahoo!

15. April 2000: Experts: Japanese Volcano Eruption Still Possible
13. April 2000: Japan Volcanic Activity Stabilizes
12. April 2000: Experts Fear Japan Eruption Less
10. April 2000: Residents Visit Homes Near Volcano
09. April 2000: Japan volcano evacuees grab goods ahead of blast
07. April 2000: Mud Flows Down Mount Usu
07. April 2000: Japanese Volcano Rumbles; Major Blast Feared
07. April 2000: Japan Holds Breath As Volcano Threatens to Blow
06. April 2000: Japan Volcano Threatens Worst Eruption Yet
06. April 2000: Experts: Lava in Volcano Growing
05. April 2000: Japan Volcano May Blast Lava And Deadly Gas Soon
05. April 2000: Rumbling Volcano in Japan Threatens to Erupt Again
05. April 2000: Ash From Japanese Volcano Could Trigger Landslides
04. April 2000: Scientists See New Threat From Japan Volcano
04. April 2000: Experts Say Japan Volcano Dangerous
03. April 2000: Japanese Return Home After Volcano
03. April 2000: Japan volcano spews smoke, ash flow possible
02. April 2000: Japan Volcano Surprises Experts
01. April 2000: Japan Volcano Erupts Again, But Worst Avoided
01. April 2000: Timeline of Mount Usu Eruption
31. March 2000: Japanese Volcano Erupts a Second Time
31. March 2000: Volcano Erupts in Northern Japan
31. March 2000: Japanese Volcano Eruption Forces 15,000 to Flee
31. March 2000: Japan Volcano Erupts, Could Take Time to Settle
31. March 2000: Volcano Erupts on Northern Japan Island
31. March 2000: Erupting Japanese Volcano Triggers Mudslides
31. March 2000: Japan evacuates residents after volcano eruption
30. March 2000: UPDATE 1-Volcano erupts on northern Japan island
30. March 2000: Volcano Erupts on Japanese Northern Island
30. March 2000: Japan Residents Fear Eruption (2)
30. March 2000: Japan Residents Fear Eruption
30. March 2000: Cracks on Japanese Volcano May Signal Eruption
30. March 2000: Seismic Activity Increases in Japan
29. March 2000: Japan Volcano Activity Intensifies
29. March 2000: Japan Evacuates 10,000 As Volcano Rumbles
29. March 2000: Volcano Threatens Japanese Towns
29. March 2000: Japan Tells Residents Near Volcano to Evacuate
28. March 2000: Volcano Forces Evacuations in Japan
28. March 2000: Japan: Mount Usu Volcano May Erupt
28. March 2000: Japanese Volcano May Be Set to Erupt, Experts Say

Links

• Usu-Livecam von STV
• Other livecam von STV
• Yahoo! volcano news
• Yahoo! pictures of usu
• Hokkaido Broadcasting Company (HBC) (news)
• Kyodo News Web
• Sapporo Television Broadcasting (STV) NEWS on the web (Japanese)
• The latest news from volcanoes all over the world (by Boris Behncke)
• News report about Usu from CNN
• Usu Volcano Observatory
• Volcano Research Center
• Cable-car to the summit of Usu (Japanese)
• Mt. Usu burst - site from Mr. Tomita from Date (near the volcano) (English)
• Pictures from newspaper (Japanese)
• Usu - site from Kurt Ackermann

Earthquakes in Hokkaido, Japan Region

Collected from RedPuma Event List provided by Swiss Seismological Service