Volcano profile

Japan

Bandaisan.

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
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · More about the VEI
Coordinates
37.601°, 140.072°
GVP number
283160

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No current eruption report

Japan

Bandaisan

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,816 m
Last documented eruption
1888
No current eruption report

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

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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Live cameras

Bandaisan · Live cameras

Recent images from official volcano observatories.

Bandaisan – Visual webcam: Bandaisan – 磐梯山 剣ケ峯, Japan Visual webcam

Bandaisan – 磐梯山 剣ケ峯

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Updated 11 min ago · Last image:

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

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Bandaisan · Japan

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
15 Jul 188815 Jul 18884Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1808Uncertain datingNot available2Confirmed eruption
1787Uncertain datingNot available2?Confirmed eruption
1767Uncertain datingNot available—Uncertain eruption
1719Uncertain datingNot available—Uncertain eruption
1611Not available—Uncertain eruption
806Not available3Confirmed eruption
550 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1800 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3850 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4650 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6350 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7450 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed 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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Bandaisan · No current eruption report · 1,816 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

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: 2026-11-13

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

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

Nearby places

Aizu-WakamatsuJapan · 16.5 km

KitakataJapan · 18.9 km

BangeJapan · 22.4 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