December 1872 Eruption of Asosan

Date

December 1872

Volcano

Asosan, caldera

Country

Japan

Volcanic Explosivity Index

3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)

Killed by

Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts)

Location

32.885° N, 131.085° E

Deaths

4

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.

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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 995.