Volcano profile

Japan

Kikai.

Volcano profile for Kikai in Japan, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Caldera
Elevation
704 m
Last documented eruption
2025
Coordinates
30.793°, 130.305°
GVP number
282060

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No current eruption report

Japan

Kikai

Caldera

Elevation
704 m
Last documented eruption
2025
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
30.793°, 130.305°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Ryukyu Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
282060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Live cameras

Kikai · Live cameras

Recent images from official volcano observatories.

Kikai – Visual webcam: Satsuma-Iojima – 薩摩硫黄島 岩ノ上, Japan Visual webcam

Satsuma-Iojima – 薩摩硫黄島 岩ノ上

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Source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)License: Public Data License 1.0

Profile

Kikai · Japan

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
29 Dec 202529 Dec 20251Confirmed eruption
1 Sep 20243 Sep 20241Confirmed eruption
27 Mar 202331 Jul 2023—Uncertain eruption
6 Oct 20206 Oct 20201Confirmed eruption
29 Apr 202029 Apr 20201Confirmed eruption
2 Nov 20192 Nov 20192Confirmed eruption
4 Jun 20134 Jun 20131Confirmed eruption
5 Mar 200416 Oct 20042Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Kikai · No current eruption report · 704 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Yakushima AirportJapan · KUM · RJFC
    56.6 kmStraight-line distance
  • New Tanegashima AirportJapan · TNE · RJFG
    68.8 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC