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Illustration of the eruption of Mt. Asama. Mount Asama erupted in 1783, causing widespread damage. [14] [15] [16] The three-month-long Plinian eruption that began on 9 May 1783, produced andesitic pumice falls, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, and enlarged the cone. The climactic eruption began on 4 August and lasted for 15 hours, [17] and contained
Mount Asama (浅間山, Asama-yama) is an active complex volcano in central Honshū, the main island of Japan.The volcano is the most active on Honshū. [3] The Japan Meteorological Agency classifies Mount Asama as rank A. [4] It stands 2,568 metres (8,425 ft) above sea level on the border of Gunma and Nagano prefectures. [5]
Keanakakoi eruption: 4 Mount Etna [103] Italy 1787 4 Laki [65] Iceland 1783–1784 10,000+ 1783–1784 eruption of Laki: 4 Mount Asama [104] Japan 1783 1,500–1,624 Tenmei eruption: 4 Raikoke [53] Russia 1778 15 [105] 4 Mount Usu [86] Japan 1769 4 Cotopaxi [80] Ecuador 1768 4 Hekla [38] Iceland 1766–1768 4 Miyake-jima [106] Japan 1763 4 ...
The 1783 eruption of Mount Asama is said to have caused the Great Tenmei famine. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] Starting in the 1770s, there was a sharp decline in crop yield in Tōhoku , the north-eastern region of Honshū , due to poor and cold weather, so food stocks in rural areas were exhausted.
The Tenmei mudflow means a large-scale volcanic mudflow caused by the 1783 eruption of Mount Asama, killed 1,523 people and destroyed 2,065 homes. [2] [5] [6] This museum houses a collection of artifacts from the time of the eruption that were excavated from the areas submerged by the Yamba Dam. [7]
Mount Tambora: 7 Indonesia: 1815 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Years Without a Summer: 36,000+ Krakatoa: 6 Indonesia: 1883 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 Armero tragedy: 20,000~ (estimated) Santorini: 6 Greece: c. 1600 BC Minoan ...
1783 (Tenmei 3): Mount Asama (浅間山,, Asama-yama) erupted in Shinano province, only 80 miles northwest of Edo, with a loss of life estimated at more than 20,000 (Tenmei eruption). [Today, Asama-yama's location is better described as on the border between Gunma Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture]. Japanologist Isaac Titsingh's published ...
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