Volcano profile

Japan

Asosan.

Volcano profile for Asosan 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
1,592 m
Last documented eruption
2021
Coordinates
32.8849°, 131.085°
GVP number
282110

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No current eruption report

Japan

Asosan

Caldera

Elevation
1,592 m
Last documented eruption
2021
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
32.8849°, 131.085°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Nankai Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
282110
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Live cameras

Asosan · Live cameras

Recent images from official volcano observatories.

Asosan – Visual webcam: Asosan – <span>阿蘇山 <ruby><rb>車帰</rb><rt>くるまがえり</rt></ruby></span>, Japan Visual webcam

Asosan – <span>阿蘇山 <ruby><rb>車帰</rb><rt>くるまがえり</rt></ruby></span>

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Updated 15 min ago · Last image:

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

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Profile

Asosan · Japan

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
14 Oct 202120 Oct 20212Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 201916 Jun 20202Confirmed eruption
7 Oct 201612 Nov 20163Confirmed eruption
30 Aug 20141 May 20162Confirmed eruption
13 Jan 201419 Feb 20141Confirmed eruption
15 May 20119 Jun 20111Confirmed eruption
17 Feb 200817 Feb 20081Confirmed eruption
14 Apr 200516 Aug 20051Confirmed 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.

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Asosan · No current eruption report · 1,592 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Kumamoto AirportJapan · KMJ · RJFT
    22.1 kmStraight-line distance
  • Kyushu Saga International AirportJapan · HSG · RJFS
    78.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Oita AirportJapan · OIT · RJFO
    89.7 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

Nearby places

AsoJapan · 5.8 km

ŌzuJapan · 19.9 km

KikuchiJapan · 27.3 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

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