JMA reported that incandescence at Suwanosejima?s Ontake Crater was visible nightly during 11-15 January.
Intermittent explosions produced ash plumes that rose as high as 1.4 km above the crater rim and ejected bombs 400 m away from the crater.
The Alert Level was lowered to 2 (on a 5-level scale) on 14 January; JMA noted that no large bombs were ejected more than 1 km from the crater beginning on 29 December 2020.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
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