Japan Volcano AlertsKuchinoshima: volcanic alert level
StatusEruption forecast (Note that this is an active volcano)
口之島
No eruption warning for Kuchinoshima is listed in JMA’s current data; an eruption forecast applies.
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Latitude, longitude29.968, 129.926
What the alert levels mean
Level 5 (Evacuate) and Level 4 (Evacuation of elderly people etc.) concern residential areas; Level 3 (Do not approach the volcano) and Level 2 (Do not approach the crater) restrict access to the mountain or crater area; Level 1 means ‘Note that this is an active volcano’. Volcanoes without alert levels receive warnings such as ‘danger near the crater’ instead.