Mt Merapi Indonesia eruption

Question 1

date of eruption

Answer 1

26th October 2010

Question 2

physical causes of eruption

Answer 2

> 500 earthquakes beneath volcano summit on 23/24th october. Indo-australian subducted under Eurasian plate

Question 3

human impacts benefiting effects

Answer 3

20,000 villages evacuated within 20km radius

Question 4

social impacts

Answer 4

• 350 deaths
• 360,000 displaced
• evacuation centres were overcrowded=disease and poor sanitation
• villages under 30cm ash

Question 5

economic impacts

Answer 5

• farmers lost homes and livelihoods
• ash from volcano will eventually lead to more fertile soils
• planes grounded in western Australia due to risk of damage from ash cloud
• vegetable prices increased due to damage to crops

Question 6

environmental impacts

Answer 6

-sulphur dioxide blown across Indonesia and Australia

Question 7

short term responses

Answer 7

• 210 evacuation centres (tents, schools, stadiums)
• 1600 people (either volunteers or military) part of national aid response
• Red Cross international aid

Question 8

long term responses

Answer 8

• formal evacuation centres eventually set up
• 2,682 people moved to new safer houses permanently
• government made $ available for farmers to replace livestock
• government set up special task force to support those affected by the volcano either by farming issues or loss of jobs