Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Report on Kaitoku Seamount (Japan)

Volcanic Activity Report on Kaitoku Seamount (Japan) — 25 January-31 January 2023

Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 25 January-31 January 2023
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 2023. Report on Kaitoku Seamount (Japan) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 25 January-31 January 2023. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey. https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?gvpvar=GVP.WVAR20230125-284100

Kaitoku Seamount

Japan

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)

Discolored water around the Kaitoku Seamount was visible in a 26 January Sentinel 2 satellite image. The plume was diffuse and dispersed a few kilometers E. No discolored water was visible in a 31 January image.

Source: Sentinel Hub

Geological Summary. Submarine eruption have been observed during March 1984 and August 2022-January 2023 from Kaitoku Seamount (Kaitoku Kaizan), a three-peaked submarine volcano 80 km NNW of Kita-Ioto. The type of activity related to other observations of discolored water or bubbling, including an observation from 1543 CE, is uncertain.