May 10, 1933 Eruption of Hakoneyama

Name: May 10, 1933 Eruption of Hakoneyama
Start: 1933-05-10
Location: Hakoneyama, Japan

May 10, 1933 · 1 death

Hakoneyama in Japan erupted on May 10, 1933. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Hakoneyama, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: May 10, 1933
Volcano: Hakoneyama, complex volcano
Country: Japan
Killed by: Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)
Location: 35.233° N, 139.021° E

The toll

Deaths: 1

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.

One killed during fumarolic activity. No eruption. (reference #9675)

There was a discharge and loud boom from the Owakudani fumarole, killing 1. (reference #12936)

Other significant eruptions of Hakoneyama

Every eruption in 1933 The 1900s Hakoneyama Earthquakes near Hakoneyama 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 6468.