---
title: "Japan volcano eruption occur 2023"  
description: "A concise explanation of the news regarding the Japan volcano eruption that occurred on October 21, 2023"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-11-14  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3224/japan-volcano-eruption-occur-2023  
category: "international news"  
tags: ["Japan", "news", "volcano eruption", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Japan volcano eruption occur 2023

![Japan volcano eruption occur 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3dd438a-d120-48f2-8f90-c3fceeed26bd/images/89cea3e7-9671-4f3e-8552-67934127a2f9.jpeg) ![Japan volcano eruption occur 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3dd438a-d120-48f2-8f90-c3fceeed26bd/images/e91f2ccd-9115-47a9-a602-cd681ce454d9.jpeg) October 21, 2023, an undersea volcano erupted off Iwo Jima, forming a 100-meter-diameter, 20-meter-high island under construction. ![Japan volcano eruption occur 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3dd438a-d120-48f2-8f90-c3fceeed26bd/images/8a411953-2dd2-49bb-bfd6-0a0e02be523b.jpeg) The volcano is located about one km south of Iwo Jima, which is part of the Ogasawara island chain in the western Pacific. ![Japan volcano eruption occur 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3dd438a-d120-48f2-8f90-c3fceeed26bd/images/2e3a15ae-0918-449e-842e-e9b6146a3339.jpeg) The phreatomagmatic eruption is caused by magma-water contact and results in ash plumes up to 50 metres tall. ![Japan volcano eruption occur 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3dd438a-d120-48f2-8f90-c3fceeed26bd/images/f20800fa-2f1e-4942-ad84-db5a1a56c34e.jpeg) It has pushed up oil and commodity prices, harming the global economy by lowering consumer confidence and investment. ![Japan volcano eruption occur 2023](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3dd438a-d120-48f2-8f90-c3fceeed26bd/images/a2c7dcb3-bff8-47ac-93bf-e7b26c124953.jpeg) The long-term effects of the eruption are still being studied by scientists, and it clearly had a considerable impact on the Japan region.

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