mount merapi (LIC) Flashcards
1
Q
key facts
A
Indonesia 2010
VEI scale = 4
destructive plate margin = indo-australian plate and eurasian plate
2
Q
risk and vulnerability
A
plate margin lies on the pacific ring of fire
3
Q
primary effects
A
353 died due to main eruption
5000 died due to follow-up earthquake
278,000 people had to evacuate
agricultural land destroyed, many people depended on
evacuation centres overcrowded = poor sanitation
4
Q
secondary effects
A
lahars from ash, rock and lava combining
water supplies contaminated with acidic lava
5
Q
immediate responses
A
210 evacuation centres set up
international aid from Red Cross
6
Q
long term responses
A
government gave farmers money
over 2600 people moved into new safer housing permanently
