GVP volcano 284080 · no holder yet
Sumisujima
Sumisujima is a 136 m caldera in Japan, last erupted in 1916.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 136 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1916
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1870
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 31.44°N 140.05°E · Japan
- Region
- Izu Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 284080
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).