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A volcano on Japan's major western island of Kyushu erupted on Sunday evening, sending black smoke billowing high into the air, but there were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries, and authorities said they did not expect a major eruption.

LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Philippines — At least 9,000 residents from two towns in Batangas province were evacuated to temporary shelters on Saturday, hours after Taal Volcano exploded early in the morning, sending steam-laden grayish plumes 3 kilometers into the sky.

A volcano in Tonga began erupting in late December 2021 and exploded in mid-January 2022, and the phenomenon is being studied by Nasa scientist James Garvin and his colleagues.

The Jan. 15 eruption of an undersea volcano off Tonga marked the first time since modernized observation began in the 1980s that peculiar atmospheric waves were observed from a volcanic eruption, according to researchers at the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo.

Tonga's Nuku'alofa airport remained closed because workers were unable to finish clearing ashfall. Ships sailing from Australia and New Zealand would take six to eight days to arrive in a Tonga port, a UN official said.

The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) said on Monday that the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano eruption had an impact on nearly every coastline on Earth and that it would monitor the situation closely.

Satellite images capture volcanic eruption in Tongas Hunga Haapai island

The eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai underwater volcano near the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga on Friday and Saturday has had no effect on Thailand, deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said on Sunday.

Shock waves from an undersea volcanic eruption in the South Pacific Ocean likely triggered tsunami that struck Japan from Saturday night through Sunday, said tsunami engineering expert Fumihiko Imamura, a professor at Tohoku University.

The explosion of an underwater volcano near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday sent tsunami waves crashing to the shore in many countries.

Exploring Nicaragua, the land of volcanoes

The death toll of Semeru volcano eruption in Indonesias East Java province rose to 22 with more than 30 people missing, while search for the victims was underway amid a potential of lava floods and hot clouds.