Chaiten
- Created by: HannahColbs
- Created on: 06-05-16 12:31
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- Chaiten
- May 2nd 2008
- VEI=5
- Ash cloud up to 17km high
- Secondary Effects
- Flooding
- Flows and lahars filled rivers causing 90% of town to become flooded
- Lahars
- Volcanic Landslides
- Flooding
- Primary Effects
- Tephra - Solids
- Lava Flows
- Pyroclastic Flows
- Volcanic Gases
- Caldera
- Rhyolitic lava
- Explosive and unpredicatable
- 1122m high, 2.5km wide, 4km long
- No monitoring
- Seen as low threat volcano
- Before May 2008, previous known eruption was 9,400 years ago
- After event
- After event, development to of volcanic prediction methods
- Real-time seismic monitoring began on 16th May, conducted by USGS (United States Geological Survey)
- Relocation of town
- So much of town destroyed in volcanic eruption, governemt decided to build new town 11km away, rather than repair/rebuild old town
- Government issued a monthly disaster compensation of $1200-$2200
- After event, development to of volcanic prediction methods
- Seen as low threat volcano
- O/C Convergent, destructive margin
- Nazca plate (O) subducts below South American plate (C)
- South-eastern Chile, near gulf of Corcovado
- May 2nd 2008
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