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On Saturday, Japan's Mount Ontake volcano erupted without warning, surprising several hundred nearby hikers. Plumes of volcanic gas and ash overtook the fleeing hikers and buried nearby lodges and outbuildings. Though most of the people on Mount Ontake that day were able to escape.
The Japan Meteorological Agency currently has warnings for six other volcanoes besides Mount Ontake. Located about 125 miles (200 kilometers) west of Tokyo, Ontake is one of many volcanoes popular with hikers in Japanâ Mount Fuji is the most famous exampleâand is also the site of religious pilgrimage.aturday's eruption was a typically more minor kind of eruption called a phreatic eruption, which is an outburst of steam, ash, and rock unaccompanied by lava. Carbon dioxide or hydrogen sulfide fumes from these eruptions can asphyxiate people, as appears to be the case in this event.