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Mount Haruna

Harunasan

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1449m
Last eruption
550
Mount Haruna
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Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Japan
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1449m
Coordinates
36.477, 138.851
Last eruption
550
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

Harunasan is truncated by a small summit caldera containing the symmetrical post-caldera pyroclastic cone of Haruna-Fuji. Harunasan formed prior to 300,000 years ago and had caldera-producing eruptions at about 200,000 and 40,000 years ago. Viscous lava flows and lava domes were subsequently extruded within and around the caldera, the western side of which is currently partially filled by Lake Haruna. The Futatsudake lava dome east of the caldera was the source of two large explosive eruptions during the 6th century CE.

From Wikipedia

Mount Haruna is a dormant stratovolcano in Gunma Prefecture, in the Kantō region of eastern Honshū, Japan.

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Eruption history

3 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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450~460 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 3520~530 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 4540~550 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 5450470500520540

Detailed timeline

  1. 550 (±10 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    550-06-01 – end unknown
    Futatsu-dake
  2. 520 (±10 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    520-06-01 – end unknown
    Futatsu-dake
  3. 450 (±50 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    450 – end unknown
    Futatsu-dake

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