August 26, 1944 Eruption of Toya

Name: August 26, 1944 Eruption of Toya
Start: 1944-08-26
Location: Toya, Japan

August 26, 1944 · VEI 2 · 1 death · 1 house destroyed

Toya in Japan erupted on August 26, 1944 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Toya, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: August 26, 1944
Volcano: Toya, stratovolcano
Country: Japan
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
Killed by: Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)
Location: 42.544° N, 140.839° E

The toll

Deaths: 1
Houses destroyed: 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 fatality from gas inhalation. (reference #9675)

1 small child was killed and a house burned down. (reference #12936)

Other significant eruptions of Toya

Every eruption in 1944 The 1900s Toya Earthquakes near Toya 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 6547.