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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.
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 ...
Original file (900 × 1,200 pixels, file size: 767 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. ... Massif of Asama Volcano (Mount Asama) ...
According to a diary the team examined, written by a Japanese statesman between 1062 and 1141, the eruption of Mount Asama in central Japan began in late August 1108 and lasted until October of ...
Satellite images of the 15 January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai. This is a list of volcanoes that have had large explosive eruptions during the Holocene (since about 11,650 years Before Present), with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 5 or higher, or a plume height of at least 30 km.
Morgunbladid, a daily publication, published the words on their front page alongside an image of burning homes in Grindavik, where at least 3,800 people were evacuated following a number of small ...