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2014 Mount Ontake eruption

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Video: Japan volcano shoots rock & ash on Mount Ontake - BBC News

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Japanese hiker's frightening video catches Mount Ontake's eruption

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Mount Ontake Eruption Of 2014

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9/28/2014 -- Sudden Mount Ontake eruption in Japan -- 30 killed in Large ash flow (HD)

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Japan: 30 hikers feared dead on erupting volcano Mount Ontake

A volcanic eruption of Mount Ontake 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 collapse of a lava dome at Mount Unzen, and the deadliest volcanic eruption in Japan since Torishima killed an estimated 150 people in 1902.
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