August 26, 1989 Eruption of Kirishimayama

Date

August 26, 1989

Volcano

Kirishimayama, shield volcano

Country

Japan

Killed by

Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)

Location

31.934° N, 130.862° E

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.

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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 6444.