TECTONIC CASE STUDY - MERAPI, INDONESIA (EMERGING) VOLCANIC ERUPTION 2010

Question 1

WHERE ??

Answer 1

MOUNT MERAPI IS LOCATED IN

SOUTH EAST ASIA
INDONESIA
ISLAND OF JAVA

Question 2

KEY FACTS

Answer 2

COMPOSITE CONE VOLCANO

VISCOUS LAVA SO VERY EXPLOSIVE (RING OF FIRE)

LAST ERUPTION WAS IN 2010

SEISMIC ACTIVITY AROUND VOLCANO INCREASED FROM MID-SEPT ONWARDS,CULMINATING IN REPEATED OUTBURSTS OF LAVA AND ASHES

LARGE ERUPTION COLUMNS FORMED, CAUSEING

Question 3

KEY FACTS

Answer 3

COMPOSITE CONE VOLCANO

VISCOUS LAVA SO VERY EXPLOSIVE (RING OF FIRE)

LAST ERUPTION WAS IN 2010

SEISMIC ACTIVITY AROUND VOLCANO INCREASED FROM MID-SEPT ONWARDS,CULMINATING IN REPEATED OUTBURSTS OF LAVA AND ASHES

LARGE ERUPTION COLUMNS FORMED, CAUSING NUMEROUS PYROCLASTIC FLOWS (SPREAD 3KM DOWN THE MOUNTAIN) DOWN THE HEAVILY POPULATED SLOPES OF THE VOLCANO

SULPHUR DIOXIDE WAS BLOWN ACROSS INDONESIA AND AS FAR AS SOUTH OF AUSTRALIA

Question 4

POSITIVE IMPLACTS

Answer 4

ASH FROM VOLCANO = MORE FERTILE SOILS

CONSERVATION AREA AROUND THE VOLCANO WHERE IT IS UNSAFE TO LIVE

Question 5

NEGATIVE IMPACTS

Answer 5

DEATHS = 273 PEOPLE
INJURIES = 577 PEOPLE

EVACUATION CENTRES= OVERCROWDED, POOR SANITATION, NO PRIVACY, SERIOUS DISEASE RISK

FARMERS LOST THEIR HOMES AND LIVELIHOODS

360,000 PEOPLE HAD HOMES DISPLACED

VEG PRICES INCREASED DUE TO DAMAGE TO CROPS

EMERGENCY SHELTERS HAD TO BE MOVED 15KM AWAY

Question 6

RESPONSES ??

Answer 6

EVACUATION CENTRES WERE SET UP
1,600 PEOPLE PART OF NATIONAL AID RESPONSE
RED CROSS AIDED

LONG TERM
FORMAL EVACUATION EVENTUALLY SET UP RATHER THAN USING SCHOOLS, TENTS ETC

NEARLY 3,000 PEOPLE HAD TO BE MOVED TO NEW HOUSES

GOVT MAKING MONEY AVAILABLE TO FARMERS TO HELP RESTORE THEIR LIVESTOCK
GOVT SET UP SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE VOLCANO EITHER BY FAMILY ISSUES OR FOR LOSS OF JOBS