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Mount Unzen (雲仙岳, Unzen-dake) is an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island. In 1792, the collapse of one of its several lava domes triggered a megatsunami that killed 14,524 people in Japan's worst volcanic-related disaster .
The 1792 Unzen landslide and tsunami resulted from the volcanic activities of Mount Unzen (in the Shimabara Peninsula of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan) on 21 May.This caused the collapse of the southern flank of the Mayuyama dome in front of Mount Unzen, resulting in a tremendous tsunami, killing 15,000 people altogether. [2]
On 3 June 1991 at 4pm local time, Mount Unzen erupted, forming pyroclastic flows that rushed down its slopes, killing 43 people including the Kraffts, as well as their fellow volcanologist Harry Glicken, who had accompanied them to observe the eruption. On 5 June 1991, the bodies of the Kraffts and Glicken were recovered.
1792: Mount Unzen, Japan Mount Unzen is a group of overlapping active volcanoes. In 1792, an eruption caused enormous landslides that engulfed the city of Shimabara before falling into the sea.
Mount Samalas: 7 Indonesia: 1257 1257 Samalas eruption: 15,000 Mount Unzen: 2 Japan: 1792 1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami: 13,000+ (estimated) Mount Vesuvius: 5 Italy: 79 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD: 10,000+ Laki and Grímsvötn: 4 Iceland: 1783 Laki 1783 eruption [1] 10,000 Kelud: 5 Indonesia: 1586 [2] 6,000 Santa María: 6 Guatemala ...
Mount Tateshina (Part of Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group) 2530: 8300 Mount Zaō: 1841: 6040: AD 1940 ... Mount Unzen: 1500: 4921 AD 1996 [† 1] Mount Yufu: 1583 ...
Building destroyed by eruptions at Mount Unzen, Japan. The general approach of Decade Volcano projects has been to convene a planning workshop, identify the major strengths and weaknesses of risk mitigation at each volcano, and to plan how to address the weaknesses identified.
Volcano Location Date Pliny the Elder [1] 56: Mount Vesuvius: ... Mount Unzen: Japan: 3 June 1991 Harry Glicken: 33: Mount Unzen: Japan: 3 June 1991 Mbah Maridjan: 83 ...