The Philippines
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Mt Pinatubo
June 12-15 1991
VEI 6
not been active for 450-500 years
300 people died
coincidid with Typhoon Yunya
Part of a chain of volcanoes
A subduction volcano formed by the Philippine Mobile Bet sliding over the Eurasian Plate along the Manila Trench to west
A destructive boundary
Presence of US Air force and navy
1990 Earthquake in Luzon 7.7
Steam reports from residents
siesmographs
radiocarbon dating of volanic soil
Geographical mapping of soil
PHIVOLCS
USGS
Impacts
roofs collapsed under the wieght of th ash
Typhoon brought heavy rain
River valley were filled in by the pyroclastic flows
2.1 million people affected
8000 homes destroyed and 73 000 were…
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