GVP volcano 282050 · no holder yet
Kuchinoerabujima
Kuchinoerabujima is a 657 m stratovolcano in Japan, erupting as recently as 2020.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 657 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2020
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1933
- Eruptions
- 29 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 30.44°N 130.22°E · Japan
- Region
- Ryukyu Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 282050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).