Volcano profile

Japan

Yakedake.

Volcano profile for Yakedake 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
2,455 m
Last documented eruption
1995
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · latest VEI 1 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
36.227°, 137.587°
GVP number
283070

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No current eruption report

Japan

Yakedake

Stratovolcano

Elevation
2,455 m
Last documented eruption
1995
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
36.227°, 137.587°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Nankai Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
283070
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Yakedake · Live cameras

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Yakedake – Visual webcam: Yakedake – 焼岳 中尾峠, Japan Visual webcam

Yakedake – 焼岳 中尾峠

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

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Yakedake · Japan

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
11 Feb 199511 Feb 19951Confirmed eruption
17 Jun 196229 Jun 19632Confirmed eruption
4 Jun 19394 Jun 19392Confirmed eruption
11 Sep 193512 Nov 19352Confirmed eruption
6 Feb 19326 Feb 19322Confirmed eruption
26 Mar 193124 Jun 19312Confirmed eruption
13 Mar 193011 May 19302Confirmed eruption
17 Apr 192919 Apr 19292Confirmed eruption
15 Dec 192715 Dec 19272Confirmed eruption
23 Jan 192729 Apr 19272Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 192427 Jan 19262Confirmed eruption
26 Jun 19232 Aug 19232Confirmed eruption
10 Mar 192219 Mar 19221?Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1921Not available—Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1920Not available—Confirmed eruption
1 Nov 19191 Nov 19192Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1918Not available1Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1917Not available1Confirmed eruption
17 Mar 191612 Apr 19162Confirmed eruption
6 Jun 191516 Jul 19152Confirmed eruption
16 Feb 191516 Feb 19152?Confirmed eruption
1 Sep 191313 Jan 19142Confirmed eruption
11 Feb 191216 Sep 19122Confirmed eruption
6 May 191123 Aug 19112Confirmed eruption
11 Nov 191030 Nov 19102Confirmed eruption
8 Dec 19071 Jun 19092Confirmed eruption
18 Apr 174619 Apr 17462Confirmed eruption
Dec 1585Not available3^Confirmed eruption
1460Uncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
1440Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1270Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
686Not available2Confirmed eruption
630Uncertain datingNot available1Confirmed eruption
350 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
400 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
850 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2550 BCEUncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
7450 BCEUncertain datingNot available0Confirmed 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.

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Volcano at a glance

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Yakedake · No current eruption report · 2,455 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Shinshu-Matsumoto AirportJapan · MMJ · RJAF
    30.9 kmStraight-line distance
  • Toyama Kitokito AirportJapan · TOY · RJNT
    58.9 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

Nearby places

AzuminoJapan · 27.7 km

HotakaJapan · 29.3 km

ToyoshinaJapan · 29.3 km

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

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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