Mount Merapi

Question 1

Where is it located?

Answer 1

South East Asia on the Island of Java, Indonesia

Question 2

How many people live on the slopes of the mountain?

Answer 2

11,000 people

Question 3

Which plates caused the eruption?

Answer 3

It was caused by the Indo-Australian plate being subducted underneath the Eurasian plate

Question 4

How far did volcanic bombs and heat clouds travel?

Answer 4

10km

Question 5

How far did the pyroclastic flow travel?

Answer 5

3km

Question 6

How many people were evacuated?

Answer 6

350,000 people

Question 7

How many people were killed?

Answer 7

353 people

Question 8

How many people were injured?

Answer 8

577 people

Question 9

How many people were made homeless?

Answer 9

350,000 people

Question 10

What happened to the food prices after the eruption?

Answer 10

They increased due to damaged crops

Question 11

How many evacuation centres were set up?

Answer 11

210

Question 12

How large was the exclusion zone?

Answer 12

20 km

Question 13

How did the government help farmers?

Answer 13

They made money available to help buy livestock

Question 14

How did the Indonesian Disaster Management Agency respond to the situation?

Answer 14

They mobilised volunteers, police and the military to circulate information, rescue survivors, control traffic and set up make-shift hospitals and kitchens

Question 15

What was the economic damage of the eruption?

Answer 15

$0.6 billion

Question 16

What were the responses?

Answer 16

Local airports were closed.

Government aid agencies delivered food, water and hygiene kits including face masks.

Refugee shelters were created outside of the exclusion zone.