Le Pelee, Martinique Flashcards
What year did the eruption take place?
1902
How many people did it kill?
29,025
What place did it rank in the table of most deadly volcanic eruptions?
3rd
What plate margin was this on
Destructive, boundary of the South American and Caribbean plate
What were the products of the 1902 eruption?
Pyroclastic flows- travelling at speeds of 200kph
Compromised rock, ash and gas at temperatures of 700 degrees c
Where where most of the people that were killed from?
The nearby port of st pierre
What was the prediction like?
Not much monitoring or forecasting in 1902, people knew an eruption was likely but did not know what was likely to happen
How many people were evacuated?
No coordinated evacuation took place, however several people took to boats to escape the dangers
