Most Populous Regions Threatened by Volcanoes
|
| |
| Volcano |
| Country |
| Last
Erupted |
| 1990
Population |
| 1 |
Gede |
Indonesia |
1957 |
29,417,000 |
| 2 |
Fuji |
Japan |
1707 |
27,326,000 |
| 3 |
Tangku-
banparahu |
Indonesia |
1985 |
25,896,000 |
| 4 |
Izu-Tobu |
Japan |
1989 |
20,311,000 |
| 5 |
Merapi |
Indonesia |
1996 |
20,064,000 |
| 6 |
Popocatépetl |
Mexico |
2001 |
20,034,000 |
| 7 |
Sundoro |
Indonesia |
1971 |
19,437,000 |
| 8 |
Kelut |
Indonesia |
1990 |
19,030,000 |
| 9 |
Galunggung |
Indonesia |
1984 |
18,991,000 |
| 10 |
Asama |
Japan |
1990 |
13,800,000 |
Source: Small, Christopher and Terry Naumann. The Global Distribution of Human Population and Recent Volcanism, work supported by NASA Earth Observatory and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/NatHazards/ and http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~small/PopVol.html
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