February 11, 1995 Eruption of Yakedake

Name: February 11, 1995 Eruption of Yakedake
Start: 1995-02-11
Location: Yakedake, Japan

February 11, 1995 · VEI 1 · 4 deaths

Yakedake in Japan erupted on February 11, 1995 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. The eruption killed 4 people.

Where it erupted

Yakedake, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: February 11, 1995
Volcano: Yakedake, stratovolcano
Country: Japan
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 1, small (eruption column 100 m to 1 km)
Killed by: Tephra (ash, bombs, lapilli, steam blasts)
Location: 36.227° N, 137.587° E

The toll

Deaths: 4

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.

Four persons killed at highway construction site by hydrothermal explosions. (reference #9675)

At the Nakanoyu construction site in Azumi, at the southeastern foot of Yakedake, a hydrothermal phreatic explosion occurred, killing 4 workers. (reference #12936)

Every eruption in 1995 The 1900s Yakedake Earthquakes near Yakedake 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 6474.