Mount Ontake: phreatic eruption in September 2014 kills 30+ hikers Cortney October 1, 2014 EMS, Health & Medicine, Science & Technology + japan, volcanoes Leave a replyMount Ontake—Mount Fuji's lesser known cousin, a 3,000 meter tall stratovolcano in central Japan—erupted at noon on September 27, giving just 12 minutes of notice in the form of tremors. Read more →