1902 Tori-Shima | |
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| Total costs | N/A |
| Deaths | 150 |
Tori-shima (Japanese: 鳥島, Hepburn: Tori-shima) 'Bird Island', or Izu-Torishima (Japanese: 伊豆鳥島, Hepburn: Izu-Torishima) 'Bird Island of Izu Province' is an uninhabited Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. The volcanic island is part of the Izu Islands.
Source: Wikipedia 1741 Oshima Oshima | |
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| Total costs | N/A |
| Deaths | 2033 |
The devastating eruption of Oshima–Ōshima began on the 18th of August, 1741 and ended on May 1 the next year. Eleven days into the eruption, the Kampo tsunami (Japanese: 寛保津波, Hepburn: Kampo tsunami) with estimated maximum heights of over 90 meters swept across neighboring islands in Japan and the Korean Peninsula.
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