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Sumon volcano

Updated: Dec 5, 2023 07:47 GMT - refresh

Stratovolcano 1537 m / 5043 ft
Honshu, Japan, 37.4°N / 139.14°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

Latest nearby earthquakes

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance/Location
Monday, December 4, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 4, 08:59 pm (GMT +9) (Dec 4, 11:59 GMT)	3.5 18 km	25 km (16 mi) 15 km south of Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan

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Background

Sumon volcano is an andesitic stratovolcano active about 2.4-1.7 million years ago (Nakano et al., 2001-). The main part of the edifice of Sumon-dake was constructed during the early Quaternary.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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