Research on natural disasters in Indonesia during October 2010.
Natural disasters in Indonesia
1)Mount Merapi volcano, on Indonesia’s island of Java, erupted around 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 26. Death toll = at least 38. Cause: Seismic activity (Merapi is an active volcano)
2)Undersea earthquake triggered to tsunami in the west of Sumatra, Mentawai Islands on Monday, October 25, 2010.
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck just 21 kilometers off Mentawai Island sending a massive tidal wave washing over the island and penetrating inland as far as 2 kilometers in some areas.
Five days after the incident the death toll had surpassed 500 with hundreds more gravely injured or missing and feared dead
Mount Merapi eruption was predicted:
Lava from Mount Merapi in Central Java began flowing down the Gendol River over the weekend, signaling an eruption could be imminent, a geologist said on Sunday (http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/mount-merapis-swelling-signals-huge-eruption-scientists-warn/403039)
No comments:
Post a Comment