The Japanese authorities have issued guidance on how the public should respond if Mount Fuji, the iconic snow capped volcano backdrop to Tokyo, were to erupt.
Experts recommend sheltering at home and maintaining a two-week supply of essentials, according to the guidelines, and to maintain those stockpiles on a regular basis. While there is no official statements of a possible eruption, according to some sources (links at the bottom of this post) Mount Fuji has already reached the conditions for eruption lacking only a force to activate the Volcano and signs of an eruption are imminent. Should that happen, and depending on the power of the eruption, Tokyo the capital city of Japan, could be brought to a complete standstill.
According to one source, Hi-net, Japan's national seismic network, confirmed that on March 25th at 9pm six low frequency earthquakes struck 8km beneath Mount Fuji in a span of 2 minutes at the boundary between the earths crust and mantel. The same source mentions that Hi-net has since ceased publishing epicentre updates from the area and the government is preparing for something but not giving out any other information.
Of course you always have to treat what you find on the internet with a healthy does of scepticism, there are enough doom and gloom predications to fill a truck these days for anyone who wants to go and search for them. But, as we have learnt from similar situations in Bali you can't really trust mother nature either.
Mount Fuji hasn't erupted in over 300 years. For that reason some say it is long overdue, but on the other hand maybe it may never happen at all, no on can say with any certainty.
Mount Fuji - Eruption Countdown
Mount Fuji - Hi-net confirms earthquakes
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