Volcano in Japan
Suwanosejima volcano: eruption status today
Updated
Suwanosejima is active now: NASA lists an open volcanic activity event (latest report Aug 2, 2024) 0 earthquakes within 50 km in the past 7 days.
Live status of Suwanosejima: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.
- Status now
- Active (NASA EONET) latest report Aug 2, 2024
- Last eruption
- 1964 or later
- Elevation
- 796 m 2,612 ft
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Earthquakes within 50 km
- 0 past 30 days (USGS)
- Hot spots within 10 km
- 0 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
- Nearest city
- Kanoya 222 km NNE
Is Suwanosejima erupting right now?
NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) has an open volcanic event for Suwanosejima, last updated Aug 2, 2024 (815 days ago). EONET opens an event when agencies such as the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program report eruptive activity or unrest, and closes it when activity ends.
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 Suwanosejima
USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Suwanosejima in the past 30 days. Outside the United States USGS mainly lists quakes above about M4, so small volcanic tremors recorded by the local observatory will not appear here.
About Suwanosejima
Suwanosejima is a stratovolcano in Ryukyu Is, Japan, rising to 796 m (2,612 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".
Stratovolcanoes are steep cones built from alternating lava and ash layers; their eruptions are often explosive, with ash columns that can reach cruising altitude.
The nearest large town is Kanoya, about 222 km NNE of the summit; 1 other city lie within 250 km.
- Kanoya (222 km)
- Kagoshima (229 km)
Flights and volcanic ash
No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Kansai, 746 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, 2 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Nakanoshima, 28 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.