October 2, 1972 Eruption of Hakoneyama

Name: October 2, 1972 Eruption of Hakoneyama
Start: 1972-10-02
Location: Hakoneyama, Japan

October 2, 1972 · 2 deaths

Hakoneyama in Japan erupted on October 2, 1972. The eruption killed 2 people.

Where it erupted

Hakoneyama, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: October 2, 1972
Volcano: Hakoneyama, complex volcano
Country: Japan
Location: 35.233° N, 139.021° 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)

Other significant eruptions of Hakoneyama

Every eruption in 1972 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 6472.