Kirigamine Volcano
Updated: Apr 24, 2024 21:04 GMT -
Shield 1925 m / 6316 ft
Honshu, Japan, 36.1°N / 138.2°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Honshu, Japan, 36.1°N / 138.2°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Kirigamine volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Apr 23, 02:14 pm (GMT +9) | 2.6 11 km | 26 km (16 mi) to the S | Japan: AKAISHI MOUNTAINS REG I FELT IT | Info |
Background
Kirigamine is a small shield volcano and lava dome (Wada-Toge) that lies west of Kita-Yatsugatake volcano and NW of Yatsugatake volcano. Kirigamine was active about 1.3-0.75 million years ago (Oikawa and Nishiki, 2005).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information