Iwo Jima Eruption Update; Watch the World’s Newest Island Erupt, 9 Acres in Size

The world’s newest volcanic island has just formed, and this occurred via a new eruption of the Iwo Jima volcano in Japan. This video showcases footage taken via an overflight of this erupting volcanic vent, which is still erupting as of the making of this video. While the current brand-new island stands at approximately 9 acres in size, it is likely to further expand over time. Note: Due to volcanic hazards, in the opinion of GeologyHub you should stay at least 5 kilometers away from this erupting vent, which is at the following approximate coordinates: 24°45’“N, 141°19’“E. Thumbnail Photo Credit: RyanH, used with permission. Increased image saturation was applied to this image, and then it was overlaid with text in addition to GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo). A special thanks to RyanH for providing me with various video clips and photos of the Iwo Jima volcano. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: ) (YouTube membership: ) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: ) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: ) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under “fair use“. If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at tccatron@ and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video’s thumbnail image: CC BY 4.0: Sources/Citations: [1] JMA [2] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi: Accessed / Read by on Oct 5th, 2022. [3] VEIs, dates/years, composition, bulk tephra volume for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), Used with Permission [4] Ueda, H., Nagai, M. & Tanada, T. Phreatic eruptions and deformation of Ioto Island (Iwo-jima), Japan, triggered by deep magma injection. Earth Planets Space 70, 38 (2018). , CC BY 4.0. This paper was used to roughly trace the outline of Iwo Jima’s caldera 0:00 Iwo Jima Erupts 0:31 A Brand New Island 1:34 VEI Estimate 2:20 Island Size 3:36 Ground Deformation