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Komochi-Onoko volcano

Updated: Aug 17, 2022 22:43 GMT - Refresh

Stratovolcano(es) 1296 m / 4252 ft
Honshu, Japan, 36.59°N / 139°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Komochi-Onoko volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

The Komochi-Onoko volcano group NW of Maebashi City consists of the andesitic Komochi-yama stratovolcano and lava dome on the east and andesitic Onoko-yama stratovolcano on the west. Komochi-yama was active from about 0.9-0.2 million years and Onoko-yama from about 1.3-1.2 million years (Nakano et al., 2001-).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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