Tectonics: Mount Merapi

Question 1

what was the date and location of the Mount Merapi eruption?

Answer 1

October 26th- November 30th 2010

South-east Asia, Indonesia, island of Java, along the Ring of Fire

Question 2

what were the key facts of the Mount Merapi eruption?

Answer 2

4 VEI scale

subduction zone where the Indo-Australian Plate is sliding beneath the Eurasian Plate

Question 3

what were the key impacts of the Mount Merapi eruption?

Answer 3

273 people killed

death of livestock and damage to the tourism, manufacturing and agricultural sector cost over $600 million

278,000 people forced to flee their homes

Question 4

what were the key impacts of the pyroclastic flow of the Mount Merapi eruption?

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Answer 4

Pyroclastic flows spread 3km down the mountain

farmers used the fertile soils around the volcano for agriculture, despite the risks