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Azumayasan volcano

Updated: Nov 29, 2023 08:09 GMT - refresh

Stratovolcano 2323 m / 7621 ft
Honshu, Japan, 36.54°N / 138.41°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Azumayasan volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance/Location
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 16, 04:20 am (GMT +9) (Nov 15, 19:20 GMT)	2.6 155 km	34 km (21 mi) 42 km northwest of Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

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Background

Azumayasan is an andesitic stratovolcano and lava dome that was active about 0.9-0.3 million years ago (Nakano et al., 2001-). A plinian eruption took place about 0.3 million years ago.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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