Eruption of Fujisan

When

16 Dec 1707

Kind

Volcanic eruption

Where

Japan

Coordinates

35.36° N, 138.73° E

Vei

4

Houses destroyed

75

Volcano type

Stratovolcano

Last major eruption of Mount Fuji (1707–08)

The Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji started on December 16, 1707 and ended on February 24, 1708. It was the last confirmed eruption of Mount Fuji, with three unconfirmed eruptions reported from 1708 to 1854. The eruption took place during the reign of Emperor Higashiyama and the Shogun was Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji begins in Japan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Earthquake — Japan: Nankaido28 Oct 1707 · Earthquake · Magnitude 8.4