GVP volcano 284040 · no holder yet
Miyakejima
Miyakejima is a 775 m stratovolcano in Japan, erupting as recently as 2010.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 775 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2010
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1763
- Eruptions
- 39 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 34.09°N 139.53°E · Japan
- Region
- Izu Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 284040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).