Mount Unzen
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 volcano was most recently active from 1990 to 1995, and a large eruption in 1991 generated a pyroclastic flow that killed 43 people, including three volcanologists.
Details
- Age
- Oldest 500 kyr
- Type
- Complex stratovolcano
- Listing
- Ribu
- Location
- Unzen, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan
- Elevation M
- 1473
- Prominence M
- 1465
- Last Eruption
- February to May 1996