Eruption of Ontakesan

When

27 Sep 2014

Kind

Volcanic eruption

Where

Japan

Coordinates

35.89° N, 137.48° E

Vei

3

Deaths

55

Injuries

70

Volcano type

Complex volcano

Fatal volcanic eruption in Honshu, Japan

The Mount Ontake volcano erupted on September 27, 2014, killing 63 people. Mount Ontake is located on the Japanese island of Honshu around 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Nagoya and around 200 km (120 mi) west of Tokyo. It was the first fatal volcanic eruption in Japan since the 1991 eruption of Mount Unzen, and the deadliest volcanic eruption in Japan since Torishima killed an estimated 150 people in 1902.

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