Volcano profile

Japan

Bandaisan.

Name: Bandaisan
Address: JP

Volcano profile for Bandaisan 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: 1,816 m
Last documented eruption: 1888
Coordinates: 37.601°, 140.072°
GVP number: 283160

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Japan

Bandaisan

Stratovolcano

Elevation: 1,816 m
Last documented eruption: 1888

No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics

Coordinates: 37.601°, 140.072°
Volcanic region (GVP): Northeast Japan Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting: Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP: 283160

Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Bandaisan · Live cameras

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Bandaisan – 磐梯山剣ケ峯

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Updated 12 min ago · Last image: 21 Sep 2026, 13:30 UTC

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

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Bandaisan · Japan

Documented eruptions

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

Start	End	VEI	Report status
15 Jul 1888	15 Jul 1888	4	Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1808Uncertain dating	Not available	2	Confirmed eruption
1787Uncertain dating	Not available	?2	Confirmed eruption
1767Uncertain dating	Not available	—	Uncertain eruption
1719Uncertain dating	Not available	—	Uncertain eruption
1611	Not available	—	Uncertain eruption
806	Not available	3	Confirmed eruption
550 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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Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

Fukushima AirportJapan · FKS · RJSF
52.3 kmStraight-line distance
Niigata AirportJapan · KIJ · RJSN
93.0 kmStraight-line distance
Yamagata AirportJapan · GAJ · RJSC
93.9 kmStraight-line distance

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

Nuclear power plants

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plantJapanPermanently shut downReactor units at site: 6
87.0 kmStraight-line distance
Fukushima Daini nuclear power plantJapanPermanently shut downReactor units at site: 4
90.0 kmStraight-line distance

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

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Nearby places

Aizu-WakamatsuJapan · 16.5 km

KitakataJapan · 18.9 km

BangeJapan · 22.4 km

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

Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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Bandaisan.