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Kikai
Caldera · 704 m · Japan
Kikai sits on the Okinawa Plate, in a subduction zone. 30 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 2025.
- Elevation
- 704 m
- Type
- Caldera
- Tectonic Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic crust
- Dominant Rock
- Rhyolite
- Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Last Eruption
- 2025
- Known Eruptions (Holocene)
- 30
- Max. Explosivity (VEI)
- 7
Nearby Cities
Cities of more than 20,000 people within 100 km.
- 84 kmKanoya82,000 people
- 91 kmKagoshima555,000 people
Eruption Timeline
Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).
Eruption Uncertain Date
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata