Kumaneshiri volcano

Stratovolcano(es) 1635 m / 5364 ft
Hokkaido, Japan, 43.52°N / 143.24°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

Latest nearby earthquakes

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance/Location
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 (GMT) (1 earthquake)
Jul 21, 2021 20:36:32.15 (21 Jul 2021 11:36:32 GMT)	2.6 8.9 km	21 km (13 mi) Kamikawa-gun, 61 km east of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

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Background

Kumaneshiri volcano consists of two andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcanoes, Nishi-Kumaneshiri-dake and Kumaneshiri-dake, that were active about 1.3 million years ago (Nakano et al., 2001-).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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