Volcano profile

Japan

Midagahara.

Name: Midagahara
Address: JP

Volcano profile for Midagahara 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: 2,621 m
Last documented eruption: 1839
Coordinates: 36.571°, 137.59°
GVP number: 283080

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Live map around Midagahara

Satellites & ash clouds

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No current eruption report

Japan

Midagahara

Stratovolcano

Elevation: 2,621 m
Last documented eruption: 1839

No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics

Coordinates: 36.571°, 137.59°
Volcanic region (GVP): Nankai Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting: Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP: 283080

Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Live cameras

Midagahara · Live cameras

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Visual webcam

Midagahara – 弥陀ヶ原芦峅

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Updated 10 min ago · Last image: 21 Sep 2026, 13:32 UTC

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

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Midagahara · Japan

Documented eruptions

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

Start	End	VEI	Report status
10 Jun 1839	Not available	2	Confirmed eruption
9 Jul 1836	Not available	1	Confirmed eruption
704	Not available	—	Uncertain eruption
900 BCEUncertain dating	Not available	—	Confirmed eruption
3200 BCEUncertain dating	Not available	—	Confirmed eruption
7300 BCEUncertain dating	Not 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.

No recorded events in this selection.

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

Toyama Kitokito AirportJapan · TOY · RJNT
37.0 kmStraight-line distance
Shinshu-Matsumoto AirportJapan · MMJ · RJAF
53.9 kmStraight-line distance
Noto Satoyama AirportJapan · NTQ · RJNW
97.8 kmStraight-line distance

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

Nuclear power plants

Shika nuclear power plantJapanOut of operationReactor units at site: 2
94.2 kmStraight-line distance

Source: Global Energy Monitor · Global Nuclear Power Tracker · Dataset date: 2026-08

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

Nearby places

KamiichiJapan · 24.6 km

ŌmachiJapan · 25.9 km

GohyakkokuJapan · 26.5 km

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

Active volcanoes

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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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Midagahara.