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The Tenmei eruption (Japanese: 天明大噴火, Tenmei daifunka) was a large eruption of Mount Asama that occurred in 1783 (Tenmei 3). [3] [4] [5] This eruption was one of the causes of the Tenmei famine. [6] [7] It is estimated that about 1,500–1,624 people were killed in the eruption.
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. [4] The Japan Meteorological Agency classifies Mount Asama as rank A. [5] It stands 2,568 metres (8,425 ft) above sea level on the border of Gunma and Nagano prefectures. [6]
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.
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An eruption started again in Mt. Fagradalsfjall, in the valley of Meradalir in August 2022 however the fissures opened only 1 km north of the previous eruption site and it lasted three weeks.
Mount Asama: 4 Japan: 1783 Tenmei eruption: 1,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1845 [17] 847 Mount Pinatubo: 6 Philippines: 1991 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo: 700 Hokkaido Komagatake: 5 Japan: 1640 [18] 600 Nevado del Ruiz: 4 Colombia: 1595 [17] 507 Tavurvur: 4 Papua New Guinea: 1937 [19] 500 Hibok-Hibok: 3 Philippines: 1951 [20] [21] 477 ...
Iceland volcano eruption warning forces residents in Grindavik to evacuate. Biggest volcanic eruptions in the last 10 years as Iceland town faces devastation
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 ...