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1792
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Japan
Kyushu

Mount Unzen eruption of 1792, volcanic eruption of Mount Unzen, western Kyushu, Japan, that led to a destructive landslide and a tsunami. The death toll from the disaster is estimated at some 15,000 people, making it the most deadly volcanic eruption in Japan’s history. Mount Unzen actually consists of a group of composite volcanoes located on Japan’s Shimabara Peninsula east of Nagasaki. The area was the site of a major volcanic eruption in 1792. After an initial eruption, a large earthquake triggered a landslide from the Mayuyama peak, a 4,000-year-old lava dome rising above the city of Shimabara. The massive ...(100 of 219 words)

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