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Kikai volcano, Îles Ryūkyū, Japon: news & activity updates

Updated: 28 mars. 2024 12:14 GMT-

Kikai volcano (Ryukyu Islands, Japan) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 26 July-1 August 2023 (New Activity / Unrest)

mer., 2 août 2023, 18:00
JMA reported that minor eruptive activity was recorded at Satsuma Iwo-jima, a subaerial part of Kikai's NW caldera rim, during 24-31 July. White gas-and-steam plumes rose 600 m above the crater rim. Surveillance cameras observed nightly incandescence. Read all

Kikai volcano (Ryukyu Islands, Japan) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 29 March-4 April 2023 (New Activity / Unrest)

mer., 5 avril 2023, 14:00
JMA reported that minor eruptive activity was recorded at Satsuma Iwo-jima, a subaerial part of Kikai's NW caldera rim, during 27 March-3 April. White gas-and-steam plumes rose 700 m above the crater rim. Surveillance cameras observed nightly incandescence. Read all
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Kikai volcan
caldera 704 m / 2,310 ft
Îles Ryūkyū (Japon), 30.79°N / 130.31°E
Condition actuelle: en vigilance - niveau agité (2 sur 5) Eruptions du volcan Kikai:
2020, 2019, 2013, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000-01, 2000, 1998-99, 1997, 1988, 1934-35, 1914 (?)
radiocarbon / tephrochronology dated: 1430 ± 75 years, 1340 ± 30, 1030 ± 40, 1010 ± 40, 750 AD (?), 390 AD ± 100, 280 BC ± 75, 1090 BC ± 100, 1830 BC ± 75, 2450 BC ± 1000, 3250 BC ± 75, 3250 BC ± 75
around 4350 BC: VEI 7 caldera-forming eruption, one of the largest on earth in 10,000 years, producing the Akahoya tephra
Style éruptif tipique
explosive