Mount Fuji may collapse in an earthquake

Sankei newspaper of Japan on October 10 warns, Mount Fuji may be lying on top of an active fault that is capable of triggering a huge snowfall.

Phu Si mountain

A hidden fault was discovered near the eastern leg of Japan's iconic mountain, in a study of underground faults by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. conducted in the past 3 years.

The rupture shows traces of it shifting other faults that were formed several hundred thousand years ago, meaning that it may be working, the research team is led by Professor Sato Hiroshi of the Laboratory. Seismological experience of the University of Tokyo chaired.

The study concluded that in the event of an earthquake of magnitude 7 on the seismic scale, the eastern slope of Mount Fuji may collapse, causing a major landslide.

"A sudden earthquake will not allow people time to evacuate in time ," Sato said.

Calls for renovation of disaster prevention measures are increasing in Japan when the recently discovered fault is not included in the disaster map created by the government in 2004, according to The Korea Herald newspaper.