Geology and Minerals

1991 Mount Unzen eruption

The 1991 Eruption of Mount Unzen (Japanese: 1991年の雲仙岳噴火) was a natural disaster caused by the eruption of Mount Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Volcanic activity began in November 1990, and a large-scale pyroclastic flow occurred on June 3, 1991, causing extensive damage. In total, 43 people were killed or went missing. The volcanic activity finally subsided in 1995. The event was the deadliest volcanic disaster in post-war Japan until the 2014 eruption of Mount Ontake. The event is known in Japanese as the Heisei eruption (平成大噴火, Heisei daifunka).

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See also

• ▸1996 eruption of Gjálp
• ▸Elephant Moraine 79001
• ▸Barry Voight

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