The Japanese volcano Mount Aso, located in Kumamoto Prefectureon the island of Kyushu, erupted Monday morning at 9:43 a.m. local time, sending plumes of ash and smoke between one and two miles into the sky.
According to a report by NHK, Japan's public broadcasting company, the country's Meteorogical Agency has placed the eruption's alert level at 3 on a scale of 1 to 5, meaning that nobody should approach the volcano. No injuries have been reported, though there is a 2.5-mile area around the volcano that's currently off limits.
Mount Aso has regularly erupted over the past several decades, with the most recent eruption occuring in February of 2015. It's erupted 8 times since 2003.