REUTERS
November 2, 2019 at 22:00 JST
Smoke rises from Satsumaiojima island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 2. (Provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency)
A volcano erupted on Satsumaiojima island in southeastern Japan late Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, but there were no immediate reports of damage on the sparsely populated island in Kagoshima Prefecture.
The agency's local office advised people to avoid the area, issuing a level 2 warning on a scale of up to 5 following the eruption that occurred around 5:35 p.m.
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