January 1, 2006 Eruption of Sumisujima

Name: January 1, 2006 Eruption of Sumisujima
Start: 2006-01-01
Location: Sumisujima, Japan

January 1, 2006

Sumisujima in Japan erupted on January 1, 2006. It caused a tsunami.

Where it erupted

Sumisujima, Japan, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: January 1, 2006
Volcano: Sumisujima, submarine volcano
Country: Japan
Killed by: Seismic, or volcanic earthquake (tectonic earthquake deaths excluded); Waves or tsunami
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Earthquake: Yes: the earthquake with it
Location: 31.440° N, 140.051° E

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Abnormal volcanic earthquakes occurring near the volcanic island of Torishima, south of Japan, sometimes generate relatively larger tsunamis compared to the seismic magnitudes. They have seismic magnitude of M~6 but generate large tsunamis characterizing them as “tsunami earthquakes”. (reference #12653)

No eruption.

Other significant eruptions of Sumisujima

Every eruption in 2006 The 2000s Sumisujima Earthquakes near Sumisujima 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 7540.