Mt Fuji Vulkan

Updated: 26. Apr. 2025 01:51 GMT - refresh

stratovolcano

Honshu (Japan), 35.36°N / 138.73°E

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Summit height: 3776 m / 12,388

Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5)

Last update: 8 Dez 2021

"Ryu sho ten" or "Ryu shoten" (Dragon rising to the heavens), also known as "Gekko Zuihitsu" (Gekko's Sketch), a Ukiyo-e print from Ogata Gekko's Views of Mt. Fuji. A dragon rises out of smoke near Mt. Fuji, ascending towards the sky.

Mount Fuji (Fuji-san, 富士山 in Japanese) is the highest volcano and highest peak in Japan and considered one of the 3 Holy Mountains (along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku). Fuji is a perfect, beautiful stratovolcano about 60 miles south-west of Tokyo, with an exceptionally symmetrical shape making it into famous symbol of Japan and an important element in Japanese art. It is a popular destination for excursions. More than 200,000 people climb to the top of the Mt Fuji every year. The last eruption of Mt Fuji was in 1707–08. Between 2000 and 2001, seismic activity under the volcano was at slightly elevated levels, rising concern about a possible reawakening of the volcano.

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Typische Aktivität: Explosive
Ausbrüche des Mt Fuji: 1707-08, 1700, 1627(?), 1560, 1511, 1427(?), 1083, 1032, 1017(?), 999(?), 993(?), 952(?), 937(?), 932, 870, 864-65, 830, 826, 802, 800, 781

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Datum und Uhrzeit	Mag / Tiefe	Distanz / Ort
24. Apr. 00:09 (GMT +9)	0.3 1.9 km	25 km südöstlich	9 km südlich von Gotemba, Präfektur Shizuoka, Japan	Info
23. Apr. 14:13 (GMT +9)	0.1 1.6 km	29 km nordöstlich	Japan: Eastern Yamanashi Pref	Info
23. Apr. 10:19 (GMT +9)	0.7 26 km	29 km nordöstlich	Japan: Eastern Yamanashi Pref	Info
Dienstag, 22. April 2025 GMT (1 Beben)
23. Apr. 02:28 (GMT +9)	1.1 21 km	27 km nordöstlich	Japan: Eastern Yamanashi Pref	Info
Montag, 21. April 2025 GMT (1 Beben)
22. Apr. 00:49 (GMT +9)	0.5 26 km	27 km nordöstlich	Eastern Yamanashi Pref	Info
Sonntag, 20. April 2025 GMT (3 Beben)
21. Apr. 08:15 (GMT +9)	2.3 20 km	28 km nordöstlich	Japan: Eastern Yamanashi Pref	Info
21. Apr. 05:17 (GMT +9)	0.1 22 km	24 km östlich	Japan: Eastern Yamanashi Pref	Info
21. Apr. 04:56 (GMT +9)	0.7 22 km	27 km östlich	Japan: Eastern Yamanashi Pref	Info
Dienstag, 15. April 2025 GMT (2 Beben)
16. Apr. 08:32 (GMT +9)	0.9 23 km	26 km nordöstlich	Japan: Eastern Yamanashi Pref	Info

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Beschreibung

Mt Fuji has a complex geologic origin. The large stratovolcano has a base diameter of almost 50 km and culminates in a 500 m wide and 250 m deep summit crater. The volcano overlies several older volcanoes, whose remnants form irregularities on Fuji's symmetrical profile, including Komitake and Ko-Fuji (Older Fuji) which was active 100,000 - 10,000 years ago.
The present-day, mainly basaltic edifice started to grow about 11-8,000 years ago when large lava flows were erupted that still form 25% of the volume of the edifice today.
From 8000 to 4500 years ago, Fuji's activity was mainly explosive before another effusive cycle took place between 4500 to 3000 years ago. In the past 3000 years, large explosive eruptions occurred in between phases of milder effusive activity. From 3000 to 2000 years ago, most eruptions took place at the summit, while a large number of flank eruptions occurred during the past 2000 years, forming more than 100 flank cones.
The last confirmed eruption of Mt Fuji took place in 1707 and was Fuji's largest during historical time. It deposited ash as far as present-day Tokyo and formed a large new crater on the east flank.
(Source: USGS / GVP)

Mt Fuji Volcano Photos

Der wunderschöne Vulkankegel Ostrzyca Proboszczowicka ist auch als Schlesischer Fujiyama bekannt. Kaczawskie-Gebirge, Polen (Photo: Janka)

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Bedeutende Vulkanausbrüche: Mt Fuji volcano

In the past 10,000 years, Mt Fuji has had at least 58 confirmed volcanic eruptions, out of which 15 are documented by historical records, while the others can be inferred from geological evidence.
Additionally, there are 9 uncertain or discredited eruptions from Mt Fuji volcano.

The table below lists all known eruptions (date in bold face) of Mt Fuji volcano in historic times and during the past 10,000 years. Updates on the most recent volcanic activity of Mt Fuji can be found on the news page of Mt Fuji volcano.

Datum	Hinweis	VEI	Todesopfer	Schaden
?? 1854 Dez 23 - 1855 Jan 9	Unsicherer Ausbruch	?		unbekannt
?? 1770 Sep 16	Unsicherer Ausbruch	?		unbekannt
?? 1708 Dez - 1709 Jan 16 ?	Unsicherer Ausbruch	?		unbekannt
1707 Dez 16 - 1708 Feb 24 ?	SE flank (Hoei Craters) Hist. dokumentiert	5		unbekannt
1707 Dez 16 (Ausbruch 1707 Dez 16 - 1708 Feb 24 ?)	Hist. dokumentiert	4	1-50 (*)	leicht	Info
1707 Dez 16: The 1707 eruption of Mt. Fuji (called the Hoei eruption) was one of the most violent eruptions from this volcano. The tephra covered most of the south Kanto plain, including Tokyo, and is found in deep sea cores in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Many lost their lives due to starvation after the eruption, however no victims were recorded as a direct result of the tephra fall-out. In Subashiri, 72 houses and 3 Buddhist temples were burned or crushed on the first day of the eruption. Following this eruption, many could not obtain food from their farms and thus died of starvation. The eruption started forty-nine days after the devastating 1707 Hoei Earthquake (M8.4). Hoei eruption. Houses and agricultural land at the foot of the volcano were damaged. Many people died due to starvation. The eruption was followed by landslide damage. (reference #12936) Cited references #3996 Miyaji, N. (2002): The 1707 Eruption of Fuji Volcano and it's Tephra. Global Environmental Research, vol. 6; part 2, p. 37-40. #3997 Koyama, M., A. Nishiyama, H. Sumiya, K. Inoue, K. Sasahara and N. Anyoji (2002): Reconstruction of the 1707 Hoei eruption of Fuji Volcano, Japan, based on historical documents. Abstract 2002 Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting, V032-P025. #12936 Japan Meteorological Agency and Volcanological Society of Japan (2013): National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan (fourth edition, English version). Japan Meteorological Agency. [accessed May 20, 2021] Link Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
1700	Hist. dokumentiert	2?		unbekannt
?? 1627 AD	Unsicherer Ausbruch	?		unbekannt
?? 1560 AD Jan 4	Unsicherer Ausbruch	?		unbekannt
1511 AD Sep 1 ±30 d.	Hist. dokumentiert	2?		unbekannt
1435 AD Dez 31 ±60 d.	North flank (Onagare lava?) Hist. dokumentiert	2?		unbekannt
?? 1427 AD Jun 28	Unsicherer Ausbruch	?		unbekannt
1083 AD Apr 17	Hist. dokumentiert	2?		unbekannt
1033 AD Jan 19 ?	Summit, SSE flank (Nishi-Asakizuka) Hist. dokumentiert	2		unbekannt
?? 1017 AD Okt 1 ±30 d.	Unsicherer Ausbruch	?		unbekannt
999 AD Mär	South flank ? Hist. dokumentiert	2?		unbekannt
?? 993 AD Sep 1 ±30 d.	Unsicherer Ausbruch	?		unbekannt
?? 952 AD Mär	Unsicherer Ausbruch	?		unbekannt
937 AD Dez 18	North flank (Kenmarubi II?) Hist. dokumentiert	2		unbekannt
932 AD Nov 19	North flank (Kenmarubi I) Hist. dokumentiert	2?		unbekannt
870 AD Aug	Hist. dokumentiert	2?		unbekannt
864 AD Jun 12 ? - 866 Feb 1 ±30 d.	NW flank (Nagao-yama, Kudari-yama) Hist. dokumentiert	3		unbekannt
830 AD	NW flank (Koriana) Hist. dokumentiert	2		unbekannt
826 AD Dez 31 ±30 d.	Hist. dokumentiert	2?		unbekannt
800 AD Apr 11 - 802 Feb 6 oder danach	Summit, NE and NW flanks (Tenjin-yama) Hist. dokumentiert	4		unbekannt
781 AD Jul	Hist. dokumentiert	3		unbekannt
720 ±100 y. AD	NW flank (Kori-ike, Hakudairyuo)	2		unbekannt
530 ? AD	South flank (Takabachi)	3		unbekannt
520 ±100 y. AD	SE flank (Makuiwa, Nishi-Futatsuzuka)	2		unbekannt
470 ±100 y. AD	SE flank (Kita-Kansu-yama)	3?		unbekannt
400 ? AD	SE flank (Akatsuka)	2		unbekannt
370 ±200 y. AD	SSE flank (Obuchi Craters)	?		unbekannt
350 ±300 y. AD	SE flank (Kurotsuka)	3		unbekannt
300 ? AD	NW flank (Oniwa-Okuniwa)	1		unbekannt
250 ? AD	NW flank (Kita-Koriike)	2		unbekannt
240 ±150 y. AD	SE flank	?		unbekannt
220 ? AD	NE flank (Hinokimarubi lava flow)	2		unbekannt
200 ? AD	NW flank (Sajiki-yama)	2		unbekannt
100 ? AD	NW flank (Ohira-yama)	2		unbekannt
50 ? AD	NW flank (Futatsuzuka)	2		unbekannt

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Unsere Liste von Vulkanausbrüchen orientiert sich eng an der Datenbank des Global Volcanism Project (GVP) des Smithsonian Instituts, der international anerkanntesten globalen Datenquelle für Vulkanausbrüche. Sie schließt aber auch bedeutende Eruptionsepisoden oder damit zusammenhängende Vulkanereignisse ein. Unter "Vulkanausbrüchen" versteht man in der Regel meist Serien einzelner Eruptionsepisoden, die zeitlich aufeinander folgen oder sich (bei mehreren beteiligten Ausbruchspunkten an einem Vulkan) auch überlappen können und unter Umständen viele Jahre, Jahrzehnte oder noch länger andauern können. So ist z.B. die aktuelle Tätigkeit des Stromboli als ein einziger Ausbruch verstanden, der seit 1934 anhält.

Quellen: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K | Global Volcanism Project / Smithsonian Institution

Ausbrüche des Vulkans Mt Fuji

1707 eruption of Mt Fuji
On 26th October 1707, a new eruption announced itself with a large 8.4 magnitude earthquake devastating Honshu island, followed by several smaller earthquakes felt near Mt Fuji.
The eruption started on 16th December 1707 from a new vent on the SE flank of the volcano erupting a sub-plinian column of ash and pumice, turning into basaltic lava fountaining after 6 hours into the eruption. On the first day of the eruption, 72 houses and 3 Buddhist temples were destroyed in Subassiri town 10 km from the volcano.
Ash fell all over the south Kanto plain, Tokyo, and on areas of the NW Pacific ocean 280 km from the volcano. The total volume erupted over 16 days was estimated to 0.68 cubic km of magma.
Violent explosions were recorded until 25-27 December, before the eruption calmed down and ended on 1st January 1708.

Mt Fuji Volcano FAQ

+When was the last eruption of Mt Fuji volcano?

The last confirmed eruption of Mt Fuji occurred während 1707 - 1708.

+How often does Mt Fuji volcano erupt?

Since 781 AD, Mt Fuji volcano has had at least 15 historically documented eruptions. This means that it erupts on average every 83 years.
Many eruptions of Mt Fuji have lasted more than one year. In total, the volcano has been in eruption during 20 out of 1244 years until now. In other words, Mt Fuji has been active at least one in 62.2 years on average. Note that this value is likely an underestimate, because the known history of eruptions from Mt Fuji is likely incomplete, especially further back in time.

+When was the largest eruption of Mt Fuji volcano?

The largest eruption of Mt Fuji volcano in historic times occurred während 1707 - 1708. It ranks as a plinian eruption with a magnitude 5 on the VEI (Volcanic Explosivity Index) scale. Eruption of this size are often catastrophic on a regional scale.

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Mt Fuji Vulkan Karten

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