2014 Mount Ontake eruption

2014 Mount Ontake eruption
An overview of Mt Ontake eruption
VolcanoMount Ontake
Start dateSeptember 27, 2014 (2014-09-27)[1]
End dateOctober 14, 2014 (2014-10-14)[1]
TypePhreatic eruption
LocationBorder of Nagano and Gifu prefectures, island of Honshū, Japan
35°53′36″N 137°28′45″E / 35.89333°N 137.47917°E / 35.89333; 137.47917
VEI3[1]
Impact63 dead (inclusive of five un-recovered bodies)[2]

A volcanic eruption of Mount Ontake (御嶽山, Ontake-san) took place on September 27, 2014, killing 63 people. Mount Ontake is a volcano 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 at Mount Unzen,[3][4][5] and the deadliest volcanic eruption in Japan since Torishima killed an estimated 150 people in 1902.

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  2. ^ "Helium anomaly preceded Mount Ontake eruption". Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo. August 24, 2015. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Japan volcano: 31 hikers feared dead after sudden eruption of Mount Ontake". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  4. ^ "31 Feared Dead in Japan Volcano Eruption". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 2014-09-27. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
  5. ^ "Rescuers find 30 dead of 'cardiac arrest' near summit of volcano". IB Times. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-28.