Volcanic eruption
See 1957 on the mapEruption of Unzendake
Jul 1957 · Japan
Mount Unzen is an active stratovolcano of several overlapping small, volcanic cones, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island.
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What the records say
- When
- Jul 1957
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Where
- Japan
- Coordinates
- 32.76° N, 130.30° E
- Deaths
- 13
- Volcano type
- Complex volcano
Nearby in time and place
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- All Nippon Airways Flight 642 Jan 1959 · Air disaster
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- 昭和28年西日本水害。25 Jun 1953 · Flood
- Assassination of Kim Chang-ryong1956 · Murder
- Japanese National Railways' ferry Shiun Maru sinks after a collision with sister ship Uko Maru, in thick fog off Takamatsu, Shikoku11 May 1955 · Event
- 1953 Busan station fire27 Nov 1953 · Fire
- Daegu democracy movement28 Feb 1960 · Protest
The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page