I'm doing a project on Mt. Fuji, Japan. But I have to find ALL of the dates that the volcano erupted, I only have 1707, could you help me. And if you get those, would you know what the most recent eruption did, like how much money was lost, houses/people lost, etc... THIS IS DUE NOVEMBER 10TH, PLEASE HELP ME!!!! Thanks a lot!!!

rocky Craig

Hi Craig,

Fuji's historic eruptions were in 781, 800, 802, 826, 830, 864, 870, 932, 937, 952 and 993 (not confirmed), 999, 1017 (not confirmed), 1033, 1083, 1427 (not confirmed),1511, 1560, 1627 (not confirmed), 1700, 1707, and 1709 (not confirmed). The 1707 eruption was the largest (VEI=5)(see xxx). None of these eruptions caused fatalities. The eruptions in 800, 802, 864, 932, and 1707 caused damage. Sorry, I have no estimates on the cost of the damage. You might try to find the Fuji reference listed below. Source of Information: Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p. look for: Tsuya, H., 1955, Geological and petrological studies of volcano Fuji. Part 5: on the 1707 eruption of the volcano. Bull. Earthq. Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo, 33: 341-383.

Sincerely,
Steve Mattox 

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