Episode 3 of 4
Mount Fuji Eruption
- When
- 16 December 1707
- Where
- Mount Fuji
- Part of
- Hōei Earthquake
Mount Fuji erupted on 16 December 1707, possibly triggered by stress changes from the earthquake.
The 1707 earthquake might have shifted static stress, altering pressure in the magma chamber beneath Mount Fuji. The volcano erupted on 16 December 1707, forty-nine days after the initial seismic event, linking the two geological occurrences.
Sources
- 1707 Hōei earthquake Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-26
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