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Table 5 Fatalities due to quiescent volcanic gas emission

From: Volcanic fatalities database: analysis of volcanic threat with distance and victim classification

Volcano, Country

Year

Fatalities

Fatal distance from volcano (from gas source)

References

Oku Volcanic Field, Cameroon (Lake Nyos)

1986

>1565 villagers:

1196

300

52

17

33 km (2.5 km)

30 km (11 km)

38 km (7 km)

40 km (13 km)

1

Oku Volcanic Field, Cameroon (Lake Monoun)

1984

37 villagers

74 km (1.1 km)

2

Karthala, Comoros

1903

17 camping

<10 km

3

Kusatsu-Shiranesan, Japan

1971

6 skiers

?

4, 5

Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

1990

3 gathering eggs

3 retrieving bodies

<1 km

6

Salak, Indonesia

2007

6 campers

<1 km

7

Adatara, Japan

1996

4 hikers

In crater

8

Kusatsu-Shiransan, Japan

1976

3 hikers/climbers

2.3 km

4

Hakkoda Group, Japan

1997

3 soldiers

<10 km

4

Mammoth Mountain, USA

2006

3 ski patrollers (inc. one during rescue)

<1 km (in vent)

9

Hakoneyama, Japan

1951

2 bathers

?

10

Daisetsu, Japan

1958

2 climbers

<1 km

4

Daisetsu, Japan

1961

2 climbers

<1 km

4

Rotorua, New Zealand

1962

2 residents

?

11

Midagahara, Japan

1967

2 campers

?

4, 10

Hakoneyama, Japan

1972

2 (unknown)

?

10

Vulcano, Italy

1980s

2 children

?

12

Rotorua, New Zealand

1987

2 tourists

?

11

Kirishimayama, Japan

1989

2 bathers

?

10

Asosan, Japan

1997

2 tourists

0.1 km

13

Nasudake, Japan

1919

2 (unknown)

1 (unknown)

?

10

Rotorua, New Zealand

1946

1 bather

?

11

Rotorua, New Zealand

1948

1 in sewer

?

11

Hakoneyama, Japan

1952

1 bather

?

10

Rotorua, New Zealand

1954

1 digging hole

1 bather

1 in septic tank

?

?

?

11

Midagahara, Japan

1954

1 bather

?

10

Rotorua, New Zealand

1962

1 unknown

?

11

Naruko, Japan

1969

1 bather

?

10

Midagahara, Japan

1970

1 in cabin

?

10

Midagahara, Japan

1972

1 spa worker

?

10

Midagahara, Japan

1975

1 (unknown)

?

10

Midagahara, Japan

1985

1 (unknown)

?

10

Akita-Yakeyama

1986

1 (unknown)

?

10

Asosan, Japan

1989

1 tourist

<250 m

13

Asosan, Japan

1990

1 tourist

<250 m

13

Asosan, Japan

1990

1 tourist

<250 m

13

Dieng Volcanic Complex, Indonesia

1992

1 (unknown)

3 km

14

Asosan, Japan

1994

1 tourist

<250 m

13

Mammoth Mountain, USA

1998

1 skier

2.2 km (in zone of diffuse degassing)

15

Rotorua, New Zealand

2000

1 tourist

?

11

Rotorua, New Zealand

2003

1 bather

6.5 (within caldera)

16

Rotorua, New Zealand

2007

1 bather/tourist

7.2 (within caldera)

17

Rotorua, New Zealand

2008

1 bather/tourist

7.3 (within caldera)

17

Rotorua, New Zealand

2013

1 bather/tourist

7.7 (within caldera)

18

  1. Data from fatalities database and 1) Barberi et al. (1989); 2) Sigurdsson et al. (1987); 3) Blong (1984); 4) Japan Meteorological Agency Fatality Database (2013); 5) NCAVJ; 6) GVP (1990); 7) GVP (2007); 8) GVP (1997); 9) Cantrell and Young (2009); 10) Hayakawa (1999); 11) Collins (2003); 12) Granieri et al. (2014); 13) Ng’Walali et al. (1999); 14) GVP (1992b); 15) Hill (2000); 16) Brown (2003); 17) Bassindale and Hosking (2011); 18) Bathgate (2016). Distance data Oku Volcanic Field is given both for the distance from the volcano coordinates and distance from the source of gas
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