Mount Fuji Japan Likely to Erupt Again
Writing about the eruption of Mountain Fuji early in the 2022 New year's day seemed to be a good idea, since the number of earthquakes has been increasing in its vicinity.
On Jan 3, an convulsion with a seismic intensity of more than 5 on the Japanese seismic calibration (magnitude 6.i) occurred in the Ogasawara Islands, a remote island chain located off Tokyo.
Some experts believe that it may be a precursor to a behemothic earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan along the Nankai Trough.
Every time I look at the magnificent view of Mt. Fuji, I shudder to imagine what could be secretly progressing behind it. Yeah, this beautiful Mt. Fuji is destined to erupt.
Specialists have raised the alarm that "Mt. Fuji has entered a standby phase for the first time in 300 years."
The last eruption of Mt. Fuji was the 1 in the Hoei era in 1707. In fact, 49 days before that issue, there was an earthquake of viii.6 magnitude forth the Nankai Trough.
Many experts believe that the "Hoei earthquake" and the "Hoei eruption" are linked. At that place is a 70-lxxx% probability of a major Nankai Trough earthquake within the next 30 years. If it overlaps with the eruption of Mt. Fuji, it volition be the largest natural disaster since the land was founded.
In addition, experts have also noted that four days later the Mw ix.1 Keen East Nihon Convulsion of March 11, 2011, an earthquake measuring nearly Mw 6 occurred fourteen km below Mount Fuji, causing cracks in the boulder direct to a higher place the magma reservoir. As a effect, people were jolted into thinking that Mt. Fuji has entered a state where information technology is easy to erupt. Some even said that information technology was a miracle that it didn't erupt at that time.
Just imagine what would happen if volcanic ash from Mount Fuji crosses Tokyo and falls on the Boso Peninsula across Tokyo Bay in Chiba prefecture. The weight of volcanic ash raining downwards on rooftops would crush homes. The air filters of thermal power plants would become chock-full and end operation.
Communication networks such as the Internet would also be damaged. Large-scale power outages would exist inevitable.
Within 2 hours of an eruption, a pyroclastic period consisting of a fast-moving current of hot lava and other volcanic matter would hitting some of the residential areas at the pes of Mountain Fuji. If the lava reaches the Pacific Ocean, the Shinkansen and national highway network would be disrupted. The compromised infrastructure would, in turn, cause a crunch in the food supply concatenation.
Right now, everyone is only focused on treatment the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, we must be conscientious not to focus solely on a singular risk. The adventure of an eruption is a matter of national security, and we can only defend ourselves if nosotros are prepared. If nosotros are not, the impairment could exceed that of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In lodge to reduce the damage to the extent possible, measures should be designed to ensure that infrastructure essential to the functioning of the nation of Japan does not fail.
ABOUT KEN NOGUCHI
The author is an tall mountaineer and environmentalist. Born in Boston, United states of america in 1973 to a Japanese diplomat and his not-Japanese married woman, Ken Noguchi lived in several countries while growing up. He is a graduate of Asia University. At the age of 25, Noguchi prepare a world record as the youngest climber at the time to scale the seven summits, the tallest peaks on each of the seven continents. He is prominently involved in a wide range of activities such as cleaning and climbing Mt. Everest and Mt. Fuji and initiatives to heighten awareness of global warming. He is the writer of several books, including Keep Climbing (登り続ける、ということ in Japanese, 2021, past Gakken Plus.)
(This commodity first appeared in The Sankei Shimbun on Jan thirteen, 2022. Read the article in Japanese at this link .)
Author: Ken Noguchi
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Source: https://japan-forward.com/ken-noguchi-now-is-the-time-to-plan-and-prepare-for-a-mt-fuji-eruption/
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