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Saturday, Dec 15, 2012
No eruptions were observed at Shinmoedake since 7 September 2011 (last explosion on 1 March). Overall, the volcano's activity (seismicity, deformation, degassing) has been decreasing, JMA's November volcano activity summary reports: ... [more]
Monday, Jul 30, 2012
As our colleague Marc Szlegat reported on Vulkane.Net, the alert level of the Japanese Kirishima volcano (Kirishimayama) was raised last month"orange". This is the third out of 4 warning levels and means that an eruption could occur any time. ... [more]

Kirishima volcano

Shield volcano 1700 m / 5,577 f, Kyushu, Japan, 31.93°N / 130.86°E
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):

Earthquake list: past 7 days (M>=-0.8) (20 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plot Updated: Tue, 9 Apr 16:47 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Mon, 8 Apr
Mon, 8 Apr 14:34 UTCM 0.5 / 70 km - [info]Kirishima (30 km)宮崎県南部山沿い[Map]JMA
Mon, 8 Apr 13:05 UTCM -0.2 / 9 km - [info]Kirishima (8 km)宮崎県南部山沿い[Map]JMA
Mon, 8 Apr 12:39 UTCM -0.2 / 8 km - [info]Kirishima (22 km)宮崎県南部山沿い[Map]JMA
Mon, 8 Apr 12:23 UTCM 0.7 / 9 km - [info]Kirishima (21 km)宮崎県南部山沿い[Map]JMA
Sun, 7 Apr
Sun, 7 Apr 20:27 UTCM 0.6 / 12 km - [info]Kirishima (19 km)宮崎県南部山沿い[Map]JMA
Sat, 6 Apr
Sat, 6 Apr 23:33 UTCM 0.9 / 73 km - [info]宮崎県南部山沿い (Miyazaki Prefecture South of the mountain)[Map]JMA
Sat, 6 Apr 18:26 UTCM 0.4 / 9 km - [info]Kirishima (22 km)宮崎県南部山沿い[Map]JMA
Sat, 6 Apr 02:10 UTCM 0.7 / 13 km - [info]宮崎県北部山沿い[Map]JMA
Fri, 5 Apr
Fri, 5 Apr 08:35 UTCM 0.4 / 69 km - [info]宮崎県北部平野部[Map]JMA
Fri, 5 Apr 01:03 UTCM 0.5 / 63 km - [info]Kirishima (29 km)宮崎県南部山沿い (Miyazaki Prefecture South of the mountain)[Map]JMA
Thu, 4 Apr
Thu, 4 Apr 20:36 UTCM -0.1 / 8 km - [info]熊本県天草・芦北地方[Map]JMA
Thu, 4 Apr 15:49 UTCM -0.2 / 9 km - [info]熊本県天草・芦北地方 (ASHI North District and Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture)[Map]JMA
Wed, 3 Apr (8 earthquakes)
Wed, 3 Apr 22:17 UTCM 0.1 / 7 km - [info]Kirishima (15 km)宮崎県南部山沿い[Map]JMA
Wed, 3 Apr 22:13 UTCM -0.1 / 9 km - [info]Kirishima (10 km)宮崎県南部山沿い[Map]JMA
Wed, 3 Apr 20:29 UTCM -0.7 / 9 km - [info]熊本県天草・芦北地方[Map]JMA
Wed, 3 Apr 20:25 UTCM 0.4 / 8 km - [info]Kirishima (15 km)宮崎県南部山沿い[Map]JMA
Wed, 3 Apr 18:39 UTCM 0.6 / 90 km - [info]宮崎県北部山沿い[Map]JMA
Wed, 3 Apr 09:35 UTCM 0.4 / 9 km - [info]Kirishima (24 km)熊本県球磨地方 (Kuma, Kumamoto Prefecture)[Map]JMA
Wed, 3 Apr 09:34 UTCM 0.2 / 9 km - [info]Kirishima (25 km)熊本県球磨地方 (Kuma, Kumamoto Prefecture)[Map]JMA
Wed, 3 Apr 09:07 UTCM 1 / 11 km - [info]Kirishima (31 km)宮崎県南部山沿い (Miyazaki Prefecture South of the mountain)[Map]JMA
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