Mount Ontake which caused over 50 tourist dead in centre Japan on September 27‚2014. Mount Ontake located on the Japanese island of Honshu about 100 kilometers northeast of Nagoya and about 200 km southwest of Tokyo. Mt Ontake is the second highest volcano in Japan at 3‚067 m and the spread range of spewing a deadly blanket of ash‚ rocks and steam has at least 4 Kilometers of Mt Ontake (Nagano‚ 2014). Before the eruption‚ Mt Ontake had a Level One warning attached‚ which refers no particular restrictions
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of San Carlos‚ and district of La Fortuna. The Arenal volcano measures at least 1‚633 meters (5‚358 ft.) It is conically shaped with a crater spanning 140 meters (460 ft.) Geologically‚ Arenal is considered a young volcano and the age is estimated to be less than 7‚500 years. It was formed from the extinct and adjacent Mt. Chato. It is also known as "Pan de Azúcar"‚ "Canaste"‚ "Volcán Costa Rica"‚ "Volcán Río Frío" or "Guatusos Peak". The volcano was dormant for hundreds of years and exhibited a
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a confluence of two rivers‚ which would carry down a torrent of mud and ruin the town. The scientist did all they could to warn the townspeople‚ but they couldn’t answer the one question that everybody was asking. “When would it erupt”. When the volcano eventually did erupt this left the townspeople helpless. This naivety and the fact that the scientist could not answer the most
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eruption. “Sometimes the magma chamber breaks its sides and only reaches to the flank or summit of volcano and sometimes reaches the surface causing an eruption.” That is why a volcano erupts when pressure on the magma chamber causes the magma to rise and come out together with gas‚ rocks and ashes. Violence of an eruption depends on how much pressure the volcano is under before it erupts. (How do volcano erupt) “In a volcanic eruption‚ hot lava spews out from beneath the Earth’s crust up to the Earth’s
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This volcano had its largest eruption on May 18‚ 1980. The ash and dust from the eruption reached as far as the Central United States. A total of 57 people died during the eruption that lasted 9 hours. 85 miles of highway and 15 miles of railways were destroyed. What would someone say about this natural disaster who was there? It was a normal day for my grandma‚ but when she turns on the news it became very far from normal. She see’s that Mt. St Helens erupts. After that‚ she looks outside‚ but
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What causes a volcanic eruption? When a part of the earth’s upper mantle or lower crust melts‚ magma forms. A volcano is essentially an opening or a vent through which this magma and the dissolved gases it contains are discharged. Although there are several factors triggering a volcanic eruption‚ three predominate: the buoyancy of the magma‚ the pressure from the exsolved gases in the magma and the injection of a new batch of magma into an already filled magma chamber. What follows is a brief description
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track to being burnt out. Over the last two years I have learned that it is necessary to have balance my life. I decided to reward myself for achieving and maintaining this balance with a vacation to Hawaii. While there I enjoyed the beach‚ visited a volcano‚ explored a tropical rain forest‚ and slept outdoors. Immediately upon arrival I headed to the beach and buried my feet in the gleaming hot white sand. I stood on the edge of this breathtaking tropical island and saw water so blue‚ that it more
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risk of a major volcanic disaster because it is not located near a volcano hotspot‚ or a destructive plate boundary. Other reasons why some places are more at risk than others is because of their prediction‚ mitigation and evacuation systems. In richer countries like the United States‚ they have the equipment and expertise to predict volcanic eruptions and the use of media also helps to spread the work quicker than other volcano affected places such as Indonesia. The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
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can also be seen as an economic impact. In 2002 a huge column of ash was thrown up from the biggest eruption in recent years and was deposited as far away as Libya. Seismic activity associated with these eruptions caused the eastern flanks of the volcano to slip by 2m‚ causing structural damage to many houses. Lava flows completely destroyed the tourist station at piano Provenzana and part of the tourist station at Rifugio Sapienza. The airport at Catania was forced to close as the runways were covered
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first and most important reason is that it is expensive to move away from volcanoes. There are people who cannot afford to move away and most of them are in denial and hope that these volcanoes nearby them will not erupt again. After all‚ when a volcano has long been dormant‚ it is easy to assume and hope that it will not erupt why you live near it. Minerals Magna rising from deep inside the earth contains a range of minerals. As the rock cools‚ minerals are precipitated out and‚ due to processes
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