May 9, 1938 Eruption of Bandaisan

Name: May 9, 1938 Eruption of Bandaisan
Start: 1938-05-09
Location: Bandaisan, Japan

May 9, 1938 · 2 deaths

Bandaisan in Japan erupted on May 9, 1938. The eruption killed 2 people.

Where it erupted

Bandaisan, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: May 9, 1938
Volcano: Bandaisan, stratovolcano
Country: Japan
Killed by: Secondary (post-eruption) mudflows
Location: 37.601° N, 140.072° E

The toll

Deaths: 2

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.

Secondary lahars on May 9 and 15 caused two fatalities. No eruption. (reference #9675)

Other significant eruptions of Bandaisan

July 15, 1888VEI 4 · 461 deaths

Every eruption in 1938 The 1900s Bandaisan Earthquakes near Bandaisan 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 6511.