TECTONIC CASE STUDY - MOUNT PINATUBO, PHILLIPPINES (EMERGING)

Question 1

WHEN ??

Answer 1

JUNE 1991

SEPTEMBER 21. 1992

Question 2

WHERE ??

Answer 2

ISLAND OF LUZON, PHILIPPINES
CENTRAL PART OF ZAMBALES MOUNTAIN RANGE
55 MILES NORTH WEST OF CAPITAL CITY MANILA

Question 3

KEY FACTS ABOUT THE HAZARD

Answer 3

ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE VOLCANO ERUPTIONS OF HTE 20TH CENTURY

EJECTED MILLIONS OF TONS (15-20) OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE INTO ATMOSPHERE CAUSING WORLD TO DECREASE IN TEMPERATURE

CRATOR OF VOLCANO IS LAKE OF 2.7 KM

3 HOURS AWAY FROM MANILA

ROSE 5725 FEET (1745M) ABOVE SEA LEVEL

1760 METERS HEIGHT

MAGNITUDE 7.8 EARTHQUAKE 62 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINATUBO

Question 4

KEY IMPACTS

Answer 4

THICK DEPOSITS OF TEPHRA, PLYROCLASTIC FLOW AND LAHARS DAMAGED ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF CITIES

VOLCANIC ASH WENT UP TO 30 KM

DEATHS = 847 PEOPLE

DISPLACED THOUSANDS BURYING THEM UNDER LAYERS OF ASH

200,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS

WORLD TEMPERATURES DECREASED BY 1.5 DEGRESS CELSIUS

58,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED

DESTROYED NEARLY 5,000 HOMES

DAMAGED OVER 70,000 HOMES

Question 5

RESPONSES

Answer 5

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM GOVT OF PHILIPPINES AND INTERNATIONAL AID WERE USED TO CLEAN AND PROVIDE HELP FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER