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In welchem Land ist der Vulkan Pinatubo?
April 1991 unerwartet eine Serie von Dampf- und Aschewolken aus. Mehr als 600 Jahre lang war er inaktiv und galt als erloschen. Der 1.475 Meter hohe Pinatubo liegt rund 100 Kilometer nordöstlich von Manila, der Hauptstadt der Philippinen.
Welcher Vulkan ist gerade ausgebrochen?
Ausbruch auf Hawaii Vulkan Kilauea spuckt Asche und Lava Der Kilauea auf Hawaii ist einer der aktivsten Vulkane der Welt und ein beliebtes Touristenziel. Erneut ist der Vulkan nun ausgebrochen: Die Behörden warnen vor Ascheregen und Auswirkungen auf den Flugverkehr.
What happened to Mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo, Philippines. Wildfire2383 The ash and smoke cloud ejected by Mount Pinatubo in 1991 contained about twice as much matter as that thrown up by the El Chichón volcano (1982), making Pinatubo perhaps the largest eruption of the 20th century. Pinatubo erupted again in late August 1992, killing more than 72 people.
What type of plate boundary is Mount Pinatubo on?
They are subduction volcanoes, formed by the Eurasian Plate sliding under the Philippine Mobile Belt along the Manila Trench to the west. Mount Pinatubo and the other volcanoes on this volcanic belt arise due to magmatic occlusion from this subduction plate boundary.
How big was the ash cloud from Mount Pinatubo?
When even more highly gas charged magma reached Pinatubo’s surface on June 15, the volcano exploded in a cataclysmic eruption that ejected more than 1 cubic mile (5 cubic kilometers) of material. The ash cloud from this climactic eruption rose 22 miles (35 kilometers) into the air.
How did scientists predict the eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano?
Timely forecasts of this eruption by scientists from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology and the U.S. Geological Survey enabled people living near the volcano to evacuate to safer distances, saving at least 5,000 lives.