VEI 5 eruption | |
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The volcano erupting | |
Volcano | Mt Ontake |
Date | August 22, 1877 |
Time | 0105 JST |
Eruption type | Sub Plinian |
Location | Japan |
Fatalities | 167 |
Damages | Unknown |
Other impacts | Pyroclastic flows, lahars |
This eruption was a VEI 5, and lasted for 21 days, claiming 167 lives. It was sub Plinian in origin, and had Vesuvian stle pyroclastic flows and lava flows.