Contact | RSS | EN | DE | EL | ES | FR | IT | RU

Hotaka Volcano

Updated: Mar 28, 2024 11:42 GMT -
Stratovolcano 2158 m / 7080 ft
Honshu, Japan, 36.8°N / 139.14°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

[smaller] [larger]
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Hotaka volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Mar 27, 09:19 am (GMT +9)
Mar 27, 00:19 GMT
2.9

142 km
28 km (17 mi) to the SW Japan, 23 km northwest of Maebashi, Gunma Info

Background

The andesitic-to-dacitic Hotaka-yama volcano (also known as Joshu-Hotaka) was active about 1.2-1 million years ago (Nakano et al., 2001-).
---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

Latest satellite images

hotaka satellite image sat1hotaka satellite image sat2
News

No news in this list.

On this page: