Japan Volcano AlertsSatsuma-Iojima: volcanic alert level
StatusLevel 2 (Do not approach the crater)continued
薩摩硫黄島
JMA’s current status for Satsuma-Iojima is: Level 2 (Do not approach the crater) (issued Mar 8, 2021 14:00 JST).
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Latitude, longitude30.793, 130.305
レベル２（火口周辺規制）
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.