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On Saturday, Japan's Mount Ontake volcano erupted without warning, surprising several hundred nearby hikers. Plumes of volcanic gas and ash overtook the fleeing hikers and buried nearby lodges and outbuildings. Though most of the people on Mount Ontake that day were able to escape.
There have been a few volcanic eruptions since 2011 and several earthquakes, mostly relatively small, over the past few years. One of the stronger quakes was the 7.3-magnitude earthquake near Kamaishi on Dec. 7, 2012. Mount Ontake on the island of Honshu erupted on Sept. 27. 2014, killing 57 people.