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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
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Of the 58 counties in California, 14 are governed under a charter. They are Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tehama. [6] Nine counties in California are named for saints, tied with Louisiana for the largest number.
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]
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.
American period: An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. American period: An enlargeable map of the United States after the Compromise of 1850. American period: The Nataqua Territory extension into California (light yellow), and Nevada's Roop County claim (light yellow area plus area outlined in ...
The Long Valley Caldera was formed by a super-eruption about 760,000 years ago that blasted 140 cubic miles of magma, covering much of east-central California in hot ash that was blown as far away ...
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 ...