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Fukutoku-Okanoba

Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba

Type
Pyroclastic cone
Elevation
29m (submarine)
Last eruption
2021
Fukutoku-Okanoba
Photo: NASA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Pyroclastic cone
Country
Japan
Region
Northwestern Pacific / Ogasawara Volcanic Arc
Elevation
29m (submarine)
Coordinates
24.285, 141.481
Last eruption
2021
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Trachyandesite / Basaltic trachyandesite

Geological summary

Fukutoku-Oka-no-ba is a submarine volcano located 5 km NE of the island of Minami-Ioto. Water discoloration is frequently observed, and several ephemeral islands have formed in the 20th century.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Fukutoku-Okanoba (福徳岡ノ場) is a submarine volcano that is part of the Volcano Islands in the Bonin Islands of Japan. It is located five kilometers (3.1 mi) northeast of the island of South Iwo Jima.

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Eruption history

38 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
10
Uncertain eruptions
28
Span of confirmed record
1904 – 2021
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (2021)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
10
Summary (VEI over time)
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1904~1916 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31939~1951 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01951~1963 · 9 eruptions · max VEI 01963~1974 · 7 eruptions · max VEI 21974~1986 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 01986~1998 · 9 eruptions · max VEI 21998~2009 · 7 eruptions · max VEI 12009~2021 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 419041927196319862009

Detailed timeline

  1. 2021VEI 4Observed
    2021-08-13 – 2021-09-12
  2. 2010VEI 1Observed
    2010-02-03 – 2010-04-08
    Submarine site
  3. 2005VEI 1Observed
    2005-07-02 – 2005-07-21
  4. 2005VEI 0Method not stated
    2005-09-11 – 2007-02-16
  5. 2002VEI 0Method not stated
    2002-12-19 – 2003-03-11
  6. 2001VEI 0Method not stated
    2001-10-30 – 2002-06-19
  7. 2000VEI 0Method not stated
    2000-07-26 – 2001-06-13
  8. 1999VEI 0Method not stated
    1999-09-08 – 2000-02-18
  9. 1998VEI 0Method not stated
    1998-10-16 – 1999-01-12
  10. 1997VEI 0Method not stated
    1997-11-18 – 1998-05-21
  11. 1995VEI 0Method not stated
    1995-11-21 – 1997-07-28
  12. 1994VEI 0Method not stated
    1994-07-28 – 1994-07-28
  13. 1992VEI 1Observed
    1992-11-10 – 1993-09-09
  14. 1991VEI 0Method not stated
    1991-07-19 – 1991-10-18
  15. 1987VEI 0Observed
    1987-07-14 – 1987-08-30
  16. 1987VEI 0Method not stated
    1987-09-04 – 1991-02-06
  17. 1986VEI 2Observed
    1986-01-18 – 1986-03-28
  18. 1986VEI 0Method not stated
    1986-04-07 – 1987-06-26
  19. 1976VEI 0Method not stated
    1976-08-02 – 1985-12-23
  20. 1974VEI 2Observed
    1974-12-24 – 1975-11-13
  21. 1973VEI 2Observed
    1973-12-18 – 1974-02-16
    3.8 km NNE of Minami-Iwo-jima
  22. 1972VEI 0Method not stated
    1972-10-01 – 1972-10-01
  23. 1968VEI 0Method not stated
    1968-02-09 – 1968-02-09
  24. 1968VEI 0Method not stated
    1968-08-14 – 1968-08-20
  25. 1967VEI 0Method not stated
    1967-07-01 – 1967-07-01
  26. 1963VEI 0Method not stated
    1963-10-27 – end unknown
  27. 1962VEI 0Method not stated
    1962-07-01 – 1962-10-01
  28. 1960VEI 0Method not stated
    1960-07-01 – 1960-09-01
  29. 1959VEI 0Method not stated
    1959-07-01 – 1959-10-01
  30. 1958VEI 0Method not stated
    1958-07-01 – 1958-10-01
  31. 1956VEI 0Method not stated
    1956-04-01 – 1956-05-01
  32. 1955VEI 0Method not stated
    1955-04-01 – 1955-04-01
  33. 1954VEI 0Method not stated
    1954-02-04 – end unknown
  34. 1953VEI 0Method not stated
    1953-12-01 – 1953-12-01
  35. 1952VEI 0Method not stated
    1952-06-20 – 1952-06-20
  36. 1950VEI 0Method not stated
    1950-02-01 – 1950-02-01
  37. 1914VEI 3Observed
    1914-01-13 – 1914-08-21
    Shin-Iwo-jima
  38. 1904VEI 3Observed
    1904-11-14 – 1905-05-16
    Shin-Iwo-jima

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