March 5, 1410 Eruption of Nasudake

Name: March 5, 1410 Eruption of Nasudake
Start: 1410-03-05
Location: Nasudake, Japan

March 5, 1410 · VEI 3 · 180 deaths

Nasudake in Japan erupted on March 5, 1410 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. The eruption killed 180 people.

Where it erupted

Nasudake, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: March 5, 1410
Volcano: Nasudake, stratovolcano
Country: Japan
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Location: 37.125° N, 139.963° E

The toll

Deaths: 180

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

180 persons and many cattle killed.

Other significant eruptions of Nasudake

Every eruption in 1410 The 1400s Nasudake Earthquakes near Nasudake This day in weather history

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 1203.