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Table 2 Comparison of characteristics of syneruptive-spouted type lahars recorded in Japan

From: Characteristics of the syneruptive-spouted type lahar generated by the September 2014 eruption of Mount Ontake, Japan

Volcano

Year

Eruption type

Lahar volume (m3)

Distance travelled (km)

Damage

Yakedake

1962

Phreatic

?

2.5a

–

Niigata Yakeyama

1974

Phreatic

1.0 × 105b

>11b

–

Shinmoedake

1992

Phreatic

4.0 × 101c

0.2d

–

Kuju

1995

Phreatomagmatic

?

0.2e

–

Akita Yakeyama

1997

Phreatic

2.0 × 103f

0.1f

–

Usuzan

2000

Phreatomagmatic

1.0 × 105g

0.8h

Destroyed buildings and bridges

Meakandake

2006

Phreatic

4.0 × 102i

1j

–

Ontake

2014

Phreatic

1.2 × 105k

5k

–

  1. aOssaka and Ozawa (1966)
  2. bChihara et al. (1977)
  3. cERI and KU (1992)
  4. dEstimated from Fig. 7 in ERI and KU (1992)
  5. e Hoshizumi et al. (1996)
  6. fOhba et al. (2007)
  7. g Mizugaki et al. (2001)
  8. hMeasured from Fig. 3 in Mizugaki et al. (2001)
  9. iYano et al. (2007)
  10. jSasaki et al. (2006)
  11. k This study
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