Volcano in Japan
Ioto volcano: eruption status today
Updated
No eruption of Ioto is being reported right now Last eruption: 1964 or later (NOAA NCEI).
Live status of Ioto: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.
- Status now
- No open report
- Last eruption
- 1964 or later
- Elevation
- 169 m 554 ft
- Type
- Caldera
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 1 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Ōyama, Shizuoka 1135 km NNW
Is Ioto erupting right now?
There is no open NASA EONET event for Ioto right now. NOAA NCEI dates its most recent eruption to 1964 or later. Volcano observatories can raise alert levels before an eruption starts, so check the national observatory for the current alert level.
No satellite thermal hot spot was detected within 10 km of the summit in the latest NASA FIRMS data, so there is no sign of lava at the surface large enough for VIIRS to see (clouds can hide it).
Earthquakes near Ioto
USGS located 1 earthquake within 50 km of Ioto in the past 30 days, 0 of them in the last week. The largest was M4.3 on Oct 7, 2026, 15 km NNW of the summit at 249 km depth.
0 of them were shallower than 10 km. Swarms of shallow quakes can mean magma or gas is moving, but most swarms end without an eruption; observatories combine them with ground deformation and gas data.
| Time (UTC) | Magnitude | Distance | Depth | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 17:59 UTC | M4.3 | 15 km NNW | 249 km | Volcano Islands, Japan region |
About Ioto
Ioto is a caldera in Volcano Is-Japan, Japan, rising to 169 m (554 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
A caldera is a large collapse depression left after a major eruption; activity can range from small steam blasts to rare, very large eruptions.
The volcano is remote: the nearest city in our list is Ōyama, Shizuoka, 1135 km away.
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Haneda, 1209 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.
Other volcanoes in Japan
Japan has 52 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now, 3 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba, 55 km away.
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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.