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La Garita Caldera erupts in the Wheeler Geologic Area, Central Colorado volcanic field, Colorado, USA, eruption several VEI 8 events (Possibly as high as a VEI 9), 5,000 cubic kilometers (1,200 cu mi) of Fish Canyon Tuff was blasted out in a single, major eruption about 27.8 million years ago. [52] [86] [87]
A major eruption triggered a tsunami that killed at least 420 people and injured 14,000 others. [82] [83] As a result of the landslide, the height of the volcano was reduced from 338 meters to 110 meters. [84] 3 Ambae [85] Vanuatu 2018 During a series of eruptions, volcanic ash blackened the sky, buried crops and destroyed homes.
The eruption occurred at 16:31 and was the 500th eruption of the year. [23] In August 2015, Japan's meteorological agency issued a level 4 emergency warning, which urges residents to prepare to evacuate. [24] Scientists warned that a major eruption could soon take place at the volcano; [25] it eventually did erupt around 20:00 on February 5 ...
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 .
Last eruption. 20 October 2021 - Present. Mount Aso (阿蘇山, Aso-san) or Aso Volcano is the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest in the world. Common use relates often only to the somma volcano in the centre of Aso Caldera. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu.
Historic eruptions of Mount Fuji. Coordinates: 35°21′46.35″N 138°43′53.63″E. Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji is a dormant volcano which is the tallest peak in Japan. The latest eruption of Mount Fuji was triggered by an earthquake in 1707. [1] The mountain as it appears now is known as the "New Fuji volcano", which began to erupt about 10,000 ...
A volcanic eruption of Mount Ontake (御嶽山, Ontake-san) took place on September 27, 2014, killing 63 people. Mount Ontake is a volcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu around 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Nagoya and around 200 km (120 mi) west of Tokyo. It was the first fatal volcanic eruption in Japan since the 1991 eruption ...
The last recorded eruption was the Hōei eruption which started on December 16, 1707 (Hōei 4, 23rd day of the 11th month), and ended about January 1, 1708 (Hōei 4, 9th day of the 12th month). [44] The eruption formed a new crater and a second peak, named Mount Hōei, halfway down its southeastern side.