Table 1 List of recent Japanese eruptions that claimed >10 lives (supplemented to Japan Meteorological Agency 2013)
From: Special issue “The phreatic eruption of Mt. Ontake volcano in 2014”
Date (Y/M/D) | Volcano | Victims | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
1721/6/22 | Asama | 15 | Ballistic ejecta |
1741/8/18 | Oshima-Oshima | 1467 | Tsunami |
1779/11/8-9 | Sakurajima | >150 | Ballistic ejecta and lava flow |
1781/4/11 | Sakurajima | 15 | Tsunami caused by an off-shore eruption |
1783/8/5 | Asama | 1151 | Pyroclastic flow, mud flow and flood by a collapse of natural dam |
1785/4/18 | Aogashima | 130–140 | Phreatomagmatic eruption? |
1792/5/21 | Unzen | >15,000 | Debris avalanche and tsunami caused by it |
1822/3/12 | Usu | 50 | Pyroclastic flow |
1856/9/25 | Hokkaido-Koma | 21–29 | Ballistic ejecta and pumice flow |
1888/7/15 | Bandai | 461 | Debris avalanche |
1900/7/17 | Adatara | 73 | Destruction of a sulfur mine |
1902/8/7 | Izu-Torishima | 125 | Phreatomagmatic eruption |
1914/1/12 | Sakurajima | 58–59 | Ballistic ejecta and lava flow |
1926/5/24 | Tokachidake | 144 | Mud flow |
1940/7/12 | Miyake | 11 | Ballistic ejecta |
1952/9/24 | Bayonnaise | 31 | Phreatomagmatic explosion with submarine eruption |
1958/6/24 | Aso | 31 | Ballistic ejecta |
1991/6/3 | Unzen | 43 | Pyroclastic flow |
2014/9/27 | Ontake | 58 (+5 missing) | Ballistic ejecta |