Mount Fuji's Last Eruption
December 16, 1707
Two weeks after a massive earthquake, Mount Fuji erupted from a new vent on its southeastern flank, raining volcanic ash on Edo a hundred kilometers away. Fields in Suruga province were buried. The eruption, called Hōei, was Fuji's last - the sacred mountain has slept since, its snow-capped silence more unsettling for being temporary.
In context
Also in 1707 (5 other events on record)
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- Maratha Resurgence Under Shahu · South Asia · Politics
- Scilly Naval Disaster · Europe · Exploration
Before and after in East Asia
Before and after in Disaster
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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