Japan Volcano AlertsNishinoshima: volcanic alert level
StatusNear-crater warning (danger near the crater)lowered
西之島
JMA’s current status for Nishinoshima is: Near-crater warning (danger near the crater) (issued Sep 8, 2026 11:00 JST).
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Latitude, longitude27.247, 140.874
火口周辺危険
What the alert levels mean
Level 5 (Evacuate) and Level 4 (Evacuation of elderly people etc.) concern residential areas; Level 3 (Do not approach the volcano) and Level 2 (Do not approach the crater) restrict access to the mountain or crater area; Level 1 means ‘Note that this is an active volcano’. Volcanoes without alert levels receive warnings such as ‘danger near the crater’ instead.