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Azumayasan Volcano

Updated: Apr 19, 2024 09:56 GMT -
Stratovolcano 2323 m / 7621 ft
Honshu, Japan, 36.54°N / 138.41°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Azumayasan volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Apr 17, 09:48 am (GMT +9)
2.5

152 km
30 km (18 mi) to the E Japan: NW GUNMA PREF
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Sunday, April 14, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 14, 04:46 pm (GMT +9)
2.7

163 km
21 km (13 mi) to the E Japan: NW GUNMA PREF
Info

Background

Azumayasan is an andesitic stratovolcano and lava dome that was active about 0.9-0.3 million years ago (Nakano et al., 2001-). A plinian eruption took place about 0.3 million years ago.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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