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Kaitoku Seamount

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
95m (submarine)
Last eruption
2023
Kaitoku Seamount
Photo: Japan Coast Guard · Attribution · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Japan
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Ogasawara Volcanic Arc
Elevation
95m (submarine)
Coordinates
26.127, 141.102
Last eruption
2023
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary

Submarine eruption have been observed during March 1984 and August 2022-January 2023 from Kaitoku Seamount (Kaitoku Kaizan), a three-peaked submarine volcano 80 km NNW of Kita-Ioto. The type of activity related to other observations of discolored water or bubbling, including an observation from 1543 CE, is uncertain.

Eruption history

6 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1543~1591 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01974~2022 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 115431639178318781974

Detailed timeline

  1. 2022VEI 0Observed
    2022-08-18 – 2023-01-26
  2. 2001VEI 0Observed
    2001-07-20 – 2001-07-20
  3. 1986VEI 0Method not stated
    1986-06-18 – 1986-06-18
  4. 1984VEI 1Observed
    1984-03-08 – 1984-03-26
    Higashi-Kaitokuba
  5. 1984VEI 0Method not stated
    1984-12-23 – 1984-12-23
  6. 1543VEI 0Observed
    1543 – end unknown
    WSW of Kaitoku summit area

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