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Shinmoedake

Kirishimayama

Type
Shield volcano
Elevation
1700m
Last eruption
2025
Shinmoedake
Photo: Ray_go · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Shield volcano
Country
Japan
Region
Western Pacific / Ryukyu Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1700m
Coordinates
31.934, 130.862
Last eruption
2025
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Shield
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Kirishimayama is a large group of more than 20 Quaternary volcanoes located north of Kagoshima Bay. The late-Pleistocene to Holocene dominantly andesitic group consists of stratovolcanoes, pyroclastic cones, maars, and underlying shield volcanoes located over an area of 20 x 30 km.

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From Wikipedia

Shinmoedake is a volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan, and a part of the Mount Kirishima cluster of volcanoes. It is believed to have formed between 7,300 and 25,000 years ago.

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Eruption history

85 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
79
Uncertain eruptions
6
Span of confirmed record
7050 BCE (±2350 yrs) – 2025
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1235, the most recent of 4)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
14
Summary (VEI over time)
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7050 BCE~6747 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 35840 BCE~5537 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 34630 BCE~4327 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 43722 BCE~3420 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 33117 BCE~2815 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 32815 BCE~2512 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 42210 BCE~1907 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 3513~815 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 4815~1118 · 8 eruptions · max VEI 31118~1420 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 41420~1723 · 28 eruptions · max VEI 31723~2025 · 34 eruptions · max VEI 37050 BCE4932 BCE2512 BCE395 BCE1723

Detailed timeline

  1. 2025VEI 3Observed
    2025-06-22 – 2025-09-07
  2. 2018VEI 3Observed
    2018-03-01 – 2018-06-22
    Shinmoedake
  3. 2017VEI 2Observed
    2017-10-11 – 2017-10-17
    Shinmoedake
  4. 2011VEI 3Observed
    2011-01-19 – 2011-09-07
    Shinmoe-dake
  5. 2010VEI 1Observed
    2010-03-30 – 2010-07-10
    Shinmoe-dake
  6. 2009VEI 1Observed
    2009-11-15 – 2009-11-15
    Shinmoe-dake
  7. 2008VEI 1Observed
    2008-08-22 – 2008-08-22
    Shinmoe-dake crater and W flank
  8. 1991VEI 1Observed
    1991-12-01 – 1992-04-19
    Shinmoe-dake
  9. 1979VEI 1Observed
    1979-02-16 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  10. 1971VEI 1Observed
    1971-08-05 – 1971-08-05
    North foot, near Tearai hot springs
  11. 1959VEI 2Observed
    1959-02-13 – 1959-02-17
    Shinmoe-dake
  12. 1946VEI 2Method not stated
    1946-04-16 – end unknown
    Karakuni-dake ?
  13. 1923VEI 2Observed
    1923-07-16 – 1923-07-16
    Ohachi
  14. 1914VEI ?Observed
    1914-11-08 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  15. 1913VEI 2Observed
    1913-11-08 – 1914-01-08
    Ohachi
  16. 1903VEI 2Observed
    1903-08-29 – 1903-11-25
    Ohachi
  17. 1899VEI 2Observed
    1899-07-28 – 1900-02-16
    Ohachi
  18. 1898VEI 2Observed
    1898-02-08 – 1898-03-11
    Ohachi
  19. 1898VEI 2Observed
    1898-12-26 – 1898-12-30
    Ohachi
  20. 1897VEI 2Observed
    1897-05-03 – 1897-09-04
    Ohachi
  21. 1896VEI 2Observed
    1896-12-21 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  22. 1895VEI 2Observed
    1895-07-16 – 1896-06-26
    Ohachi
  23. 1894VEI 2Observed
    1894-02-25 – 1894-02-28
    Ohachi
  24. 1891VEI 2Observed
    1891-06-19 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  25. 1891VEI 2Observed
    1891-11-10 – 1891-11-20
    Ohachi
  26. 1889VEI 2Observed
    1889-12-10 – 1889-12-18
    Ohachi
  27. 1888VEI 2Observed
    1888-02-21 – 1888-05-09
    Ohachi
  28. 1887VEI 2Observed
    1887-05-16 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  29. 1880VEI 2Observed
    1880-09-16 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  30. 1832VEI 2Observed
    1832-04-20 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  31. 1822VEI 2Observed
    1822-01-12 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  32. 1771VEI 2Observed
    1771 – 1772
    Shinmoe-dake
  33. 1769VEI 2Observed
    1769 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  34. 1768VEI 0Observed
    1768 – end unknown
    Iwo-yama (NW flank of Karakuni-dake)
  35. 1719VEI 2Observed
    1719 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  36. 1717VEI 3Observed
    1717-09-19 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  37. 1716VEI 3Observed
    1716-03-11 – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake
  38. 1716VEI 3Observed
    1716-11-09 – 1717-02-13
    Shinmoe-dake
  39. 1706VEI 2Observed
    1706-01-28 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  40. 1690VEI 2Observed
    1690 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  41. 1678VEI 2Observed
    1678-03-01 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  42. 1677VEI 2Observed
    1677 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  43. 1667VEI ?Method not stated
    1667 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  44. 1662VEI 2Observed
    1662-09 – 1664
    Ohachi
  45. 1659VEI 2Observed
    1659-02 – 1661
    Ohachi
  46. 1637VEI 2Observed
    1637 – 1638
    Shinmoe-dake
  47. 1628VEI 2Observed
    1628-10-26 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  48. 1620VEI 2Observed
    1620 – end unknown
  49. 1615VEI 2Observed
    1615 – 1618
    Ohachi
  50. 1613VEI 2Observed
    1613 – 1614
    Ohachi
  51. 1598VEI 2Observed
    1598 – 1600
    Ohachi
  52. 1596VEI 2Method not stated
    1596 – end unknown
  53. 1595VEI 2Observed
    1595 – end unknown
  54. 1588VEI 2Observed
    1588-04-07 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  55. 1587VEI 2Observed
    1587-05-24 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  56. 1585VEI 2Observed
    1585-11 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  57. 1576VEI 2Observed
    1576 – 1578
    Ohachi
  58. 1574VEI 2Observed
    1574-02 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  59. 1566VEI 2Observed
    1566-05-06 – end unknown
  60. 1566VEI 3Observed
    1566-10-31 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  61. 1554VEI 2Observed
    1554 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  62. 1524VEI 2Observed
    1524 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  63. 1381VEI 2Method not stated
    1381 – end unknown
  64. 1235VEI 4Observed
    1235-01-25 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  65. 1184VEI 2Observed
    1184-02-07 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  66. 1175VEI 2Method not stated
    1175-01 – end unknown
  67. 1167VEI 2Observed
    1167 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  68. 1113VEI 2Observed
    1113-02-27 – end unknown
  69. 1112VEI 2Observed
    1112-03-09 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  70. 1000VEI ?Geological estimate
    1000 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  71. 945VEI 2Observed
    945 – end unknown
  72. 858VEI 2Observed
    858 – end unknown
  73. 857VEI 2Observed
    857 – end unknown
  74. 843VEI 2Observed
    843 – 848
  75. 837VEI 3Observed
    837 – 839
    Ohachi
  76. 788VEI 4Observed
    788-04-18 – end unknown
    Ohachi (Katazoe Scoria)
  77. 742VEI 3Observed
    742-12-28 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  78. 700VEI ?Geological estimate
    700 – end unknown
    Ohachi
  79. 2050 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    2050 BCE – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake (Mae-yama Pumice)
  80. 2650 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    2650 BCE – end unknown
    Mi-ike
  81. 3050 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    3050 BCE – end unknown
    Takachiho-mine
  82. 3550 BCEVEI 3Geological estimate
    3550 BCE – end unknown
    Takachiho-mine (Mojihara Ash)
  83. 4350 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate
    4350 BCE – end unknown
    Old Takachiho
  84. 5700 BCE (±1350 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    5700 BCE – end unknown
    Old Takachiho
  85. 7050 BCE (±2350 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    7050 BCE – end unknown
    Shinmoe-dake (Setao Pumice)

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