UN warns Pacific Ring of Fire is ’active’ as volcanoes erupt across Asia

The plume of ash was captured on video and posted on Twitter by James Reynold0.

Drone footage I shot today of incredible eruption at #Kirishima #volcano in #Japan I've waited years to shoot this kind of video #新燃岳 #火山 pic.twitter.com/8BuTVw83MQ
— James Reynolds (@EarthUncutTV) October 12, 2017

A number of other craters are on the boil but minor eruptions, sometimes in remote areas, have gone unreported.

Mount Dukono in Indonesia's Moluccas islands, for instance, has been spewing ash since 1933, according to the Smithsonian Institution. Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan last erupted between Jan 10 and 15.

The USGS weekly volcanic activity update on Jan 16 listed four ongoing eruptions in Asia - apart from Mayon and Agung, there's also Suwanosejima in the Ryukyu Islands and Aira in Kyushu.