The change of Mount Fuji in the Upcoming years

To brief you again on this wonderous landscape, Mt. Fuji was formed by a collision of two tectonic plates; one from the continental land mass and one from the oceanic floor. The result of the collision caused the oceanic plate to go underneath leading to decomposition of the minerals and thus creating an abundant amount of pressure in the form of magma.


According to some new discovery on Volcano-Report.com, there is a possibility that Mount Fuji could erupt again due the high pressure and concentration of magma underneath the surface. There have been reports of new craters being on the eastern part of Mount Fuji in February of 2012.


Courtesy ofVolcano Science Blog.

Also, there have been some instances of earthquakes more frequently in 2012 as well since the tectonic plates of the Pacific plate and North Americann. are colliding inward to another plate due to the continental drift. The illustrations below show the ranking level of size for the earthquakes that have occurred.

 

Courtesy of NY Times

Source: U.S. Geological Survey

With the collision of the plates underneath the oceanic floor, it is possible by the next 100 years, that another mountain could be formed underneath ocean due the pressure of the land continental plate and the ocean continental plate. Evidence has shown that this repetitive events can also lead to the formation of another volcano as well.

Sources
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/view_news/5496/Mt-Fuji-volcano-Japan-signs-of-volcanic-unrest-reported.html

http://volcanoscience.blogspot.com/2012/02/japans-mt-fuji-may-be-preparing-to.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/11/world/asia/maps-of-earthquake-and-tsunami-damage-in-japan.html