Mt Pinatubo Flashcards
The _________ plate is subducting beneath the __________ plate.
Eurasian philipinnes
Mount Pinatubo is a _____________ found in the north east philipinnes on the island of Luzon.
Stratovolcano
On the __ th _____ 1991 earthquakes were felt by villagers and these earthquakes of increasing intensity took place for the next _ weeks
15th March 1991 2
__th - __th of June ash was ejected __km into the atmosphere.
12th - 15th June 34km
Pyroclastic flows travelled up to __km and ash mixed with rain from typhoon _____, creating lahars.
16km yunya
__._ mile radius was evacuated from around Pinatubo.
18.6
Seismic testing by ____ located earthquakes which gave adequate warning.
USGS
Ash and cloud covered ___,___ km2 bringing darkness to central Luzon.
125,000
___,___ birds and livestock killed.
800,000
The volcanic tephra penetrated into the stratosphere which has very few clouds to wash out the pollutants and this lead to a measurable cooling of the earths surface for a period of almost _ years.
2
___ people were killed but only _ were as a direct result if the earthquake. Many deaths were caused by collapsing roofs.
847 6
. million people made homeless
1.2
Lahars caused severe erosion to ______.
Rivers.
Acid rain was caused due to the __ million tonnes of sulfer that was erupted.
22
Many indigenous ____ people had to move into government organised settlement areas because their homes were destroyed. This caused the ____ society to become fragmented.
Aetna
