Eruption History~

Carbon-14 Dating has been able to determine that Mt. Fuji has had approximately 63 eruptions in the past 9000 years. The most recent 22 eruptions have been recorded by people and most of these recorded eruptions were moderate to mderate-large in size. The last known eruption of Mt. Fuji was in the year 1708 from a vent on the southeast side of the cone. However, eruptions of Mt. Fuji have been recorded dating back to the 8th century. Five historic eruptions of Mt. Fuji have created damage, but Mt. Fuji has only had two large eruptions that we know of. The most recent and famous eruption, in the year 1708, was from a vent on the southeast side of the cone.