An old lava dome collapses in Kyūshū,…

May 1790 CE

An old lava dome collapses in Kyūshū, Japan when the Mount Unzen volcano, part of Shimabara Peninsula, which has seen extensive volcanism over millions of years, erupts on May 21, 1792; the resulting landslide into Ariake Bay and megatsunami that reaches a height of one hundred meters (three hundred and thirty feet), kills about fourteen thousand three hundred people in and around Shimabara.

It it is the worst volcanic-related eruption in Japan to date.

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