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6. How many died in the Haiti earthquake?

  • 86,000
  • 230,000
  • 1/4 million
  • 22,000

7. What approach did Montserrat take?

  • Adjust
  • Leave
  • Do nothing

8. When did Montserrat erupt?

  • 15th November 1982
  • 25th June 1997
  • 17th April 1998
  • 6th December 1997

9. What were the physical factors that made Armero vunerable to the volcanic eruption?

  • Geographical isolation
  • A build up of pressure (hadn't erupted in the last 100 years)
  • Topography - Mountainous
  • Disaster hotspot

10. When did Nevado del Ruiz erupt?

  • 30th January 1982
  • 16th November 1992
  • 13th November 1985
  • 22nd August 2001

11. Which tectonic hazard caused $5 billion worth of damage?

  • Nevado del Ruiz
  • Kashmir
  • Haiti
  • Montserrat

12. What were the physical factors that made Mount Etna vunerable?

  • A build up of pressure (hadn't erupted in the last 100 years)
  • Topography - Mountainous
  • Geographical isolation
  • The time of the eruption

13. What was the date of the Boxing day Tsunami?

  • 26th December 2000
  • 26th December 2002
  • 26th December 2004
  • 26th December 2007

14. What was the VEI of Mount St Helens?

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 2

15. What was the magnitude of the Northridge earthquake?

  • 6.9
  • 7.5
  • 7.9
  • 9

16. What were the human factors involved in reducing Mount Etna's vunerability?

  • The volcano was monitored and they had a plan of action
  • They had a plan of action
  • The volcano was monitored

17. Which tectonic hazard caused $9.9 billion worth of damage?

  • Kashmir
  • Northridge
  • Boxing Day Tsunami
  • Haiti

18. What was the VEI of Nevado del Ruiz?

  • 3
  • 2
  • 5
  • 4

19. What human factors made Kashmir vunerable to the earthquake in 2005?

  • Infrastructure was non-engineered un-reinforced masonry with adobe structures
  • All listed
  • Little/no education
  • No warning or preparation

20. What human factor reduced the vunerability of Mount St Helens?

  • Age of the population
  • The volcano was monitored
  • Exculsion zones were created