Japan: New islands due to volcanic eruptions are 'blooming' 8 times

New islands have just formed in Japan due to volcanic eruption geology in the Pacific has multiplied 8 times compared to the original size.

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On November 20, 2013, the Japanese Navy discovered a new island with a column of smoke and misty steam mixed with ash and hot stones sprayed from the seabed eruption crater in the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo capital about 1000km south. Initially, the island was about 200 meters in diameter, located off Nishinoshima island of Ogasawara archipelago - a chain of 30 large and small islands located in Japanese territorial waters.

Photos of the new island Niijima taken from the air on December 25, 2013, it is almost about to merge with Nishinoshima island - (Photo: National Geographic)

Japanese authorities have officially named it Niijima Island . Based on images taken from NASA observing satellites, the current size of Niijima is 8 times the original size and protrudes from the sea from 20-25m. If previously, Japanese spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the government welcomed the addition of a new territory even though it was very small, now it is multiplied by 8 times.

According to satellite observations, the volcanic island of Nishinoshima is about 500 meters from the new island, erupted and expanded during 1973-1974. These two islands are located about 130 km from the nearest inhabited island of Japan.

Japanese scientists said they hoped the island would survive for at least a few years, if not forever.