November 4, 1967 Eruption of Midagahara

Name: November 4, 1967 Eruption of Midagahara
Start: 1967-11-04
Location: Midagahara, Japan

November 4, 1967 · 2 deaths

Midagahara in Japan erupted on November 4, 1967. The eruption killed 2 people.

Where it erupted

Midagahara, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: November 4, 1967
Volcano: Midagahara, stratovolcano
Country: Japan
Killed by: Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)
Location: 36.571° N, 137.590° 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.

No eruption. (reference #9675)

Volcanic gas (hydrogen sulfide) killed 2 campers. (reference #12936)

Other significant eruptions of Midagahara

Every eruption in 1967 The 1900s Midagahara Earthquakes near Midagahara 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 7548.