June 27, 2000 Eruption of Miyakejima
Miyakejima in Japan erupted on June 27, 2000 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. The eruption killed 1 person, counting its secondary effects. It caused a tsunami.
Where it erupted
Miyakejima, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- June 27, 2000
- Volcano
- Miyakejima, stratovolcano
- Country
- Japan
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Earthquake
- Yes: the earthquake with it
- Location
- 34.094° N, 139.526° E
The toll
- Deaths
- 1 with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
- Injuries
- Many (about 101 to 1,000) with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
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.
Central vent eruption, damage (land, property, etc.), mudflow(s) (lahars), evacuation, debris avalanche(s), Tephra Volume: 1.7 x 107m3.(reference #2379)
Other significant eruptions of Miyakejima
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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 5104.