Up to 12,000 people were evacuated at various times because of the lengthy eruption of Unzen that began in 1990. Several thousand people faced long-term evacuation that resulted in living in government-constructed resettlement houses such as these.

Photo by Steve Brantley, 1993 (U.S. Geological Survey).

This image is made available as a Public Domain Work, but proper attribution is appreciated.

Galleries: Human Impacts | Preparedness

Keywords: human impacts | evacuation

Unzendake