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  2. Timeline of volcanism on Earth - Wikipedia

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    La Garita Caldera erupts in the Wheeler Geologic Area, Central Colorado volcanic field, Colorado, USA, eruption several VEI 8 events (Possibly as high as a VEI 9), 5,000 cubic kilometers (1,200 cu mi) of Fish Canyon Tuff was blasted out in a single, major eruption about 27.8 million years ago. [52] [86] [87]

  3. Sakurajima - Wikipedia

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    The eruption occurred at 16:31 and was the 500th eruption of the year. [23] In August 2015, Japan's meteorological agency issued a level 4 emergency warning, which urges residents to prepare to evacuate. [24] Scientists warned that a major eruption could soon take place at the volcano; [25] it eventually did erupt around 20:00 on February 5 ...

  4. List of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    A major eruption triggered a tsunami that killed at least 420 people and injured 14,000 others. [82] [83] As a result of the landslide, the height of the volcano was reduced from 338 meters to 110 meters. [84] 3 Ambae [85] Vanuatu 2018 During a series of eruptions, volcanic ash blackened the sky, buried crops and destroyed homes.

  5. Mount Aso - Wikipedia

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    Last eruption. 20 October 2021 - Present. Mount Aso (阿蘇山, Aso-san) or Aso Volcano is the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest in the world. Common use relates often only to the somma volcano in the centre of Aso Caldera. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu.

  6. 2014 Mount Ontake eruption - Wikipedia

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    A volcanic eruption of Mount Ontake (御嶽山, Ontake-san) took place on September 27, 2014, killing 63 people. Mount Ontake is a volcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu around 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Nagoya and around 200 km (120 mi) west of Tokyo. It was the first fatal volcanic eruption in Japan since the 1991 eruption ...

  7. Aira Caldera - Wikipedia

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    Last eruption. 1955 to present. Aira Caldera is a gigantic volcanic caldera that is located on the southern end of Kyushu, Japan. It is believed to have been formed about 30,000 years ago with a succession of pyroclastic surges. [1][2] It is currently the place of residence to over 900,000 people. The shores of Aira Caldera are home to rare ...

  8. List of volcanoes in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan - Geological Survey of Japan; Volcano on Google Map - Geological Survey of Japan; The National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency; 日本の主な山岳標高 (Elevation of Principal Mountains in Japan) - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (in Japanese)

  9. Mount Kaimon - Wikipedia

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    Mount Kaimon. Kaimondake (開聞岳, Kaimon-dake), or Mount Kaimon, is an undissected [i] volcano – consisting of a basal stratovolcano and a small complex central lava dome [2] – which rises to a height of 924 metres above sea level near the city of Ibusuki in southern Kyūshū, Japan. The last eruption occurred in the year 885 CE.