Volcano profile

China / North Korea

Changbaishan.

Volcano profile for Changbaishan in China / North Korea, 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
2,744 m
Last documented eruption
1903
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 6 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
41.98°, 128.08°
GVP number
305060

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No current eruption report

China / North Korea

Changbaishan

Stratovolcano

Elevation
2,744 m
Last documented eruption
1903
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
41.98°, 128.08°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central East Asia Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
305060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Changbaishan · China / North Korea

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
15 Apr 1903Not available—Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1898Not available2?Confirmed eruption
9 Jun 1702Not available—Confirmed eruption
Jun 1668Not available—Confirmed eruption
6 Oct 1597Not available—Uncertain eruption
1413Not available—Uncertain eruption
15 Nov 946Not available6Confirmed eruption
180 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
1000 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Uncertain eruption
2155 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed 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

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Changbaishan · No current eruption report · 2,744 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Changbaishan AirportChina · NBS · ZYBS
    40.6 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

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Nearby places

Samjiyŏn-ŭpNorth Korea · 27.9 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, 4:53 PM UTC