Things are for sure ramping up — the activity is currently on an increase, globally — which means we will see larger eruptions from already active volcanoes such as this one in south Japan… also other sites.. dormant and inactive volcanic areas — watch for earthquake activity.
This volcano has been on elevated alert since the middle of last year (2011) for the threat of a VERY large eruption with multiple km pyroclastic flows.
If these eruptions continue to increase in size.. we may see the ‘big one’ the professionals are predicting.
The global unrest is picking up in pace, please be aware, and have an earthquake preparedness plan in place — (just in case this activity spills over to more populated areas)
links to watch multiple volcano webcams, and links to monitor this uptick in activity are below:
monitor earthquakes on a global basis:
http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/11302011-list-of-earthquake-links-for-global-monitoring/
Link to DOZENS of Volcano webcams:
http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/112012-all-the-volcano-webcams-of-the-world/