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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.
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]
Fresh new earth is pouring from the ground in Iceland. And you can watch this lava splattering and flowing live on YouTube. Icelandic scientists put up a webcam on Saturday near a newly opened ...
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 Met Office updates danger zone in new map 05:00 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) on Monday updated its hazard assessment map for the area of Grindavik and Svartsengi ...
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