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
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 7 highest recorded · latest VEI 1 · More about the VEI
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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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

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Kikai · Japan

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. 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
16 Feb 200316 Oct 20032Confirmed eruption
11 May 200216 Jul 20022Confirmed eruption
16 Oct 200016 Dec 20011Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 200016 Mar 20002?Confirmed eruption
25 Apr 199816 Aug 19992Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1997Not available1?Confirmed eruption
18 Jan 198818 Jan 19881Confirmed eruption
19 Sep 193416 Aug 19352Confirmed eruption
13 Feb 1914Not available—Uncertain eruption
1430Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1340Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1030Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1010Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
830Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
750Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
390Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
280 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1090 BCEUncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
1830 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2450 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3250 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4350 BCEUncertain datingNot available7Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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: 2026-11-13

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

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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: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC