Mount Unzen

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