Get Mount Fuji's Most Destructive Eruption PNG. Tephra released by the 1707 eruption of fuji (called the hoei eruption) included volcanic ash and volcanic rock, such as pumice and scoria. Mount fuji is a japanese icon, and at 3,776 meters the country's tallest peak.
It followed several weeks after the great hōei earthquake, an 8.7 on the richter scale.
There were no lava flows associated with this eruption; It is a volcano that has been dormant since its last eruption (1707) but is still generally classified as active by geologists. The photo above shows the 1965 taal eruption, which was one of its more violent eruptions. It was the last confirmed eruption of mount fuji, the highest volcano and highest peak in japan, which is still an active volcano today.