August 26, 1969 Eruption of Naruko

Name: August 26, 1969 Eruption of Naruko
Start: 1969-08-26
Location: Naruko, Japan

August 26, 1969 · 1 death

Naruko in Japan erupted on August 26, 1969. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Naruko, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: August 26, 1969
Volcano: Naruko, caldera
Country: Japan
Killed by: Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)
Location: 38.729° N, 140.734° 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.

No eruption. (reference #9675)

Every eruption in 1969 The 1900s Naruko Earthquakes near Naruko 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 6525.