View Mount Fuji Type Of Eruption Pictures. The eruption itself was ranked as a vei 5 (volcano explosivity index). Tephra blanketed the city of edo (now the central part of tokyo, more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) away).
Stratovolcanos have alternating layers of lava flows and pyroclastic.
At this subduction boundary the philippine plate subducts under japan. The last recorded eruption of mount fuji was 1707 on the 16th of december at approximately 10:00am. Stratovolcanoes are also known as composite volcanoes. Mount fuji facts at an elevation of 12,388 feet (3,776 meters), mount fuji is the highest mountain in japan.