July 12, 1997 Eruption of Hakkodasan

Name: July 12, 1997 Eruption of Hakkodasan
Start: 1997-07-12
Location: Hakkodasan, Japan

July 12, 1997 · 3 deaths

Hakkodasan in Japan erupted on July 12, 1997. The eruption killed 3 people.

Where it erupted

Hakkodasan, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: July 12, 1997
Volcano: Hakkodasan, stratovolcano
Country: Japan
Killed by: Gas (from eruptive craters, fumaroles and solfataras)
Location: 40.659° N, 140.877° E

The toll

Deaths: 3

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.

Three Japanese Army soldiers were killed by carbon dioxide inhalation during a training mission. No eruption. (reference #9675)

At Tashirotai, at the foot of the volcano, carbon dioxide which accumulated inside a hollow killed 3 Ground Self-Defense Force members undergoing ranger training. (reference #12936)

Every eruption in 1997 The 1900s Hakkodasan Earthquakes near Hakkodasan 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 6546.