mt pinatubo

Question 1

when was the eruption?

Answer 1

1991

Question 2

what date where successive earthquakes felt?

Answer 2

march 1991

Question 3

when was the first eruption?

Answer 3

may 1991

Question 4

what was created on the 12 th june?

Answer 4

very violent eruptions creating a 24km high ash cloud

Question 5

what was created on the 15th june?

Answer 5

pyroclastic flows travelling at 16km

34km ash cloud

Question 6

why did the area suffer from lahars?

Answer 6

seasonal rainfall mixed with ash

heavy rain brought by typhoon yunga

Question 7

how many people lived in the flanks?

Answer 7

30,000
did not know about the volcano
indigenous tribes

Question 8

what are the two plates that caused the eruption?

Answer 8

eurasion plate subducting under phillipines

Question 9

before 1991 when did the volcano last explode violently?

Answer 9

3000 years ago

Question 10

how long did the final eruption last?

Answer 10

3 hours

Question 11

how were people evacuated?

Answer 11

scientists immediately started monitoring the volcano using carbon dating, radon gas and ash
tens of thousands of people evacuated

Question 12

how many people died

Answer 12

around 850

Question 13

how far did the ash cloud extend?

Answer 13

25,000km2 brought darkness to the area

also global temp dropped by 0.5 degrees

Question 14

how many homes were destroyed?

Answer 14

8000

Question 15

why did children miss out on education?

Answer 15

many schools in the area were destroyed

Question 16

how many evacuation zones were there?

Answer 16

3

Question 17

how many commercial airfreights were damaged in the ash?

Answer 17

16

Question 18

what was the VEI of the volcano?

Answer 18

6

second most explosive in 20th century

Question 19

how much did the eruption cost?

Answer 19

$700mil

Question 20

why was it such an economical loss for the phillipines?

Answer 20

as 10% of all money earn in the phillipines was made in this area

Question 21

what was an immediate air response?

Answer 21

manilla airport close d

Question 22

what did the governemt do after the volcano?

Answer 22

conducted rehabilitation and reconstruction schemes

Question 23

wha was part of the rehabilitation and reconstruction schemes?

Answer 23

building of mega dikes

reduce further flooding

Question 24

how much was the agricultural rehabilitatio programme?

Answer 24

190 million

Question 25

what happened to indigenous tribes?

Answer 25

resettled in governement owned housing

Question 26

how much sulphur dioxide was released?

Answer 26

15 million tonnes

acid rain

Question 27

who provided material for shelter?

Answer 27

USAID

Question 28

how much money did UN give >

Answer 28

50,000

Question 29

how many people evacuated before 12th june//

Answer 29

1,1 million

Question 30

what did farmers start growing?

Answer 30

peanuts and food that ripens quick to avoid lahars