case studies hazardous Flashcards
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Eyjafjallajokull
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2010 eruption VEI 4 - 39 days no deaths cancellation of 100,000 European flights effusive displace 10 million passengers released 150k tonnes of carbon a day
2
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Merapi
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2010 - VEI 4 - explosive
3/4 of population lives within 100km of active volcano
20,000 saved my evacuation
350 deaths
3
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Krakatoa
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1883 VEI 6 - explosive 36,000 deaths dust veil lowered global temps by 1.2 C eruption heard 3,000 miles away Tsunami 40m high ash fell in Singapore over 800km away
4
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Laki
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1783 VEI 4 - Effusive
9,000 deaths - fluoride poisoning
8 months long, 14km3 of material erupted
5
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Mount Ontake
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Phreatic eruption VEI 3 - 2014 61 deaths political implications over 100 active volcanoes in Japan 37k GDP per capita surrounding area covered in ash
6
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Tohoku
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2011 - 9.0Mw 20,000 deaths - 90% drowning tsunami 40m high - flooded 500km2 level 7 nuclear meltdown 15 ports directly affected 181 billion USD in damage 50k buildings destroyed, 300k refugees still reconstruction 5 years later
7
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Gorka
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2015 - 7.8Mw 51 aftershocks 8,800 deaths 7,000 schools flattened 500,000 homes destroyed 2.8 million internally displaced
