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Plumes of smoke, cracks of lighting and a flow of lava came bellowing out of Japan’s Mount Sakruajima this week. Located on the southern island of Kyushu, this 1,117 meter high volcano has been dormant for the past three years prior to this eruption. The incident took place at 12:02 am on Tuesday at the mountain’s Showa crater, which resulted in a 5,000 meter high column of ash - but officials say no fatalities have been reported