Montserrat.

Question 1

What island arch is Montserrat a part of?

Answer 1

The Lesser Antilles island arch.

Question 2

How has the island arch been formed?

Answer 2

North American plate being subsided under the Caribbean plate.

Question 3

When were the first signs an eruption could be coming?

Answer 3

18th July 1995

Question 4

What were the fist signs an eruption was comming?

Answer 4

A series of earthquakes.

Question 5

After the first earthquakes where people evacuated to?

Answer 5

British Army camps in the north of the island.

Question 6

Who was responsible for monitoring the volcano?

Answer 6

U.S Geographical Survey.

Question 7

What equipment was put in place?

Answer 7

Correlation Spectometer, Seismometers, Tilt Meters, andd pH readers.

Question 8

What did the seismometers detect on July 25th, 1997?

Answer 8

Two earthquakes in the space of six hours.

Question 9

On what day did the eruption take place?

Answer 9

25th July 1997.

Question 10

How many pyroclastic flows were there?

Answer 10

Three.

Question 11

How much material was released in 20 minutes?

Answer 11

4-5million. m3

Question 12

How many people died?

Answer 12

19

Question 13

How many of the islands homes were destroyed?

Answer 13

2/3

Question 14

How many villages were destroyed?

Answer 14

20 including the village of Harris.

Question 15

What was the total land value lost?

Answer 15

£1billion.

Question 16

What was the name of the airport that was destroyed?

Answer 16

Bramble Airport.

Question 17

What was the name of the capital city that was destroyed?

Answer 17

Plymouth.

Question 18

How much of Plymouth was destroyed?

Answer 18

80%

Question 19

How much Ash was Plymouth bruried under?

Answer 19

12m

Question 20

What was the name of the volcano that erupted?

Answer 20

Soufriere Hills

Question 21

What was the southern half of the island declared?

Answer 21

An exclusion zone.

Question 22

What plan did the U.K government develop?

Answer 22

Montserrat Country Policy Plan (MCPP).

Question 23

How much finacial assistance did the MCPP provide to the government of Montserrat?

Answer 23

£75 million

Question 24

How much did the MCPP provide to each adult resident?

Answer 24

£2,400

Question 25

How much did the U.K govern ment provide for housing?

Answer 25

£17 million.

Question 26

What was the name of the new airport built, and when was it built?

Answer 26

St Johns airport built in 2005.

Question 27

In 2011 what evidence is there to suggest the tourist industry recovered?

Answer 27

revenue exceeded $13 million

Question 28

What two governments permanently fund the monitoring of the volcano?

Answer 28

USA and U.K.