Volcano profile

Japan

Kujusan.

Volcano profile for Kujusan 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
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,791 m
Last documented eruption
1996
Coordinates
33.086°, 131.249°
GVP number
282120

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No current eruption report

Japan

Kujusan

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,791 m
Last documented eruption
1996
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
33.086°, 131.249°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Nankai Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
282120
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Kujusan · Live cameras

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Kujusan – Visual webcam: Kujusan – 九重山 上野, Japan Visual webcam

Kujusan – 九重山 上野

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

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Kujusan · Japan

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
11 Oct 199524 Mar 19961Confirmed eruption
13 Aug 1738Not available?2Uncertain eruption
Jun 1675Not available?2Confirmed eruption
26 Jan 1662Not available?2Confirmed eruption
370Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
100 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
990 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1720 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed 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.

Kujusan · No current eruption report · 1,791 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Kumamoto AirportJapan · KMJ · RJFT
    46.0 kmStraight-line distance
  • Oita AirportJapan · OIT · RJFO
    63.0 kmStraight-line distance
  • Kitakyushu AirportJapan · KKJ · RJFR
    86.8 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

Nearby places

YufuJapan · 17.1 km

TakedamachiJapan · 19.3 km

AsoJapan · 22.8 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

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC