Mount Ontake

Question 1

Where is it?

Answer 1

central Japan

Question 2

When was it?

Answer 2

September 27th 2014

Question 3

What type of volcano was it?

Answer 3

strato volcano

Question 4

What caused the eruption?

Answer 4

subduction of pacific and Philippine plates under Eurasian
causing a build up of pressure released in a phreatic e
explosion

Question 5

What came out of the vents?

Answer 5

jet of water
ash (plume rose 11km)
rock
volcanic bombs 
pyroclastic flows

Question 6

How many died?

Answer 6

57 (most holding phones)

Question 7

How many injured? What were the injuries?

Answer 7

70
bruises and cuts
bone fractures on back

Question 8

How many trapped?

Answer 8

over 250 (some were on neighbouring peaks)

Question 9

How much ash was deposited?

Answer 9

20 to 50cm

Question 10

Where did people go for medical help?

Answer 10

town of Kiso

Question 11

How many troops/police/firefighters involved in rescue?

What did they do?

Answer 11

over 1000

carried bodies down mountain

Question 12

What did military helicopters do?

Answer 12

lift survivors

Question 13

What was wrong with the safe zones?

Answer 13

not properly maintained

Question 14

What did the monitoring before hand show?

Answer 14

minor tremors

no signs of a major eruption

Question 15

What does the Japanese Government’s new program involve?

Answer 15

real-time warnings on phones

Question 16

What is changing in regards to the safe zones?

Answer 16

tougher controls to ensure boundaries are enforced

Question 17

What is the problem with the helicopters patrolling?

Answer 17

they will not always be there to enforce boundaries

Question 18

Do you love deine Schwester?

Answer 18

yes