A revised hazard map for volcanic Mount Fuji in central Japan suggests the ... The volume of a possible pyroclastic flow rose about fourfold from the previous estimate of 2.4 million cubic ...

Mount Fuji, a hugely popular climbing destination ... some sections of the Takamarubi lava layer. The two rounds of pyroclastic flows are estimated to have amounted to 12.4 million cubic meters ...

Last week, the Japanese government revised its volcanic hazard map for Mount Fuji for the first time in 17 years. This comes as new data shows that lava flows from a major eruption could spread as ...

40km from the peak of Mount Fuji. It also pointed out that pyroclastic flows (the fast-moving rivers of rock and hot gases) could rapidly sweep down the mountain, reaching 10km or more from the ...