YAMANAKAKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Solidified lava from eruptions of Mount Fuji in the distant past offers frightening clues of what awaits if the sacred mountain blows its top again. Researchers ...

A working committee under the government’s Central Disaster Management Council on March 31 released its estimates of what would unfold should Mount Fuji erupt on a scale of the Hoei eruption in ...

Source: Wikipedia The 1707 eruption of Mount Fuji, known as the Hōei Eruption, was a major volcanic event that reshaped Japan's most iconic mountain. It left a lasting impact on the surrounding ...

Last week, the Japanese government revised its volcanic hazard map for Mount Fuji for the first time in 17 years. This comes as new data shows that lava flows from a major eruption could spread as ...

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Mount Fuji is many things to Japan – including, it's sometimes forgotten, the nation's largest active volcano. The last eruption was more than three centuries ago, but with every passing year ...

This part offers a simulation of how a Mount Fuji eruption could affect life and economic activity in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Following a massive eruption, pyroclastic flows and mudflows ...

A volcano near Alaska’s most populous city could be on the brink of eruption after showing signs of unrest over the past 10 months, according to experts. Hundreds of small earthquakes have ...

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island sprang to life yet again this week with a Tuesday morning eruption that shot lava more than 300 feet in the air. The latest incident started at about ...

Mt. Mihara is an active volcano on a nearby island with a fascinating history, superb seafood, hot spring baths, and ...

Advertisement The USGS said the fountaining in the current eruption has not been seen in the volcano, called natively Halema'uma'u, since 2020. "Each previous fountaining episode lasted from a few ...