Lafiel on 17 January 2013
| Chris Hu said: Is Mt Fuji considered a super volcano? I know the yellowstone park region contains several that are due to erupt in the near future. |
no, Mt Fuji is not a "supervolcano"
judging by the material found in it's region it's eruptions never passed VEI5, which is 100 times smaller than an eruption considered to be from a "supervolcano"
the only way to view it as a "supervolcano" is by the possible economic influences, as we all know it's located in a densely populated and economically highly important region and it's eruptions tend to be very explosive (as opposed to the Hawaii'en volcanos for example)
