Kanpu

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Kanpu volcano

cinder cone, maars 355 m / 1,165 ft
Honshu, Japan, 39.93°N / 139.88°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: explosive
Kanpu volcano eruptions: ca. 10,000 years ago
Last earthquakes nearby:

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance	Location
Sat, 11 May
Sat, 11 May 10:01 UTC	M 1.1 / 9 km	4 km	秋田県沿岸北部
Sun, 5 May
Sun, 5 May 17:04 UTC	M 1.6 / 147 km	35 km	秋田県沖 (Akita Pref.)
Thu, 2 May
Thu, 2 May 20:06 UTC	M 0.6 / 13 km	44 km	秋田県沿岸南部 (Coast Akita Pref.)
Fri, 26 Apr
Fri, 26 Apr 19:29 UTC	M 1.8 / 143 km	22 km	秋田県沿岸南部 (Coast Akita Pref.)
Tue, 23 Apr
Tue, 23 Apr 19:50 UTC	M 1.8 / 176 km	14 km	秋田県沖 (Akita Pref.)

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Kanpu volcano (also known as Ichinomegata) is a small cone on the Oga Peninsula NW of Akita City.

Background:

According to John Seach, "a pumice eruption and lava flows occurred 2700 years ago", but no other source of this perhaps false information could be located.

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