Volcano/Earthquake Presentation Assignment

Due April 5

You will research and report about one historic earthquake and one historic volcanic eruption. You need to provide the class with background and interesting facts as well as a visual aid.

Volcanic Eruption:

My volcano:______

Where is it?

When were there historically significant eruptions?

How active was the volcano before and after historic eruptions?

Were there casualties?

What type of volcano is it?

How was the eruption handled by the people or government?

Is the volcano currently a threat?

Please include a map and a picture.

Earthquake:

My Earthquake ______

Where?

When?

Magnitude?

Casualties?

What type of fault?

What is the activity level of the fault line of the earthquake?

Tsunami?

What was the preparedness of the people/gov’t?

Please include a map.

Volcano
Laki (Grimsvotn)
Lake Toba (see also Toba catastrophe theory)
Santorini (see Minoan eruption) (aka Thera)
Mount Tambora (see also Year Without a Summer)
Krakatoa
Mount Pelée
Nevado del Ruiz
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Unzen
Mount Kelut
Santa Maria
Mount Kelut
Mount Galunggung
El Chichón
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Lamington
Tseax Cone
Soufrière
Mount Agung
Mount Merapi
Mount Mayon
Mount Taal
Mount Asama
Cotopaxi
Mount Pinatubo
Mount Merapi
Nyiragongo
Mt Ruapehu, Tangiwai
Mount Tarawera
Mount St. Helens
DateUTC / Location
19020419 / Quezaltenango and San Marcos, Guatemala
14N 91W
19021216 / Andijon (Andizhan), Uzbekistan (Turkestan, Russia)
40.8N 72.3E
19030428 / Malazgirt, Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
39.1N 42.6E
19030528 / Gole, Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
40.9N 42.7E
19050404 / Kangra, India
33.0N 76.0E
19050908 / Calabria, Italy
39.4N 16.4E
19060131 / Off coast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
1N 81.5W
19060316 / Chia-i, Taiwan
23.6N 120.5E
19060418 / San Francisco, California
37.75N 122.55W
19060817 / Valparaiso, Chile
33S 72W
19070114 / Kingston, Jamaica
18.2N 76.7W
19071021 / Qaratog (Karatag), Tajikistan (Turkestan, Russia)
38.5N 67.9E
19081228 / Messina, Italy
38.15N 15.68E
19090123 / Silakhor, Iran (Persia)
33.4N 49.1E
Murefte, Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
40.75N 27.20E
19141003 / Burdur, Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
37.82N 30.27E
19150113 / Avezzano, Italy
41.98N 13.65E
19170120 / Bali, Indonesia
9.0S 115.8E
19170730 / North of Daguan, Yunnan, China
28.0N 104.0E
19180213 / Nan'ao, Guangdong (Kwangtung), China
23.5N 117.2E
19201216 / Haiyuan, Ningxia (Ning-hsia), China
36.5N 105.7E
19230324 / Near Luhuo, Sichuan (Szechwan), China
31.3N 100.8E
19230525 / Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Iran (Persia)
35.2N 59.2E
19230901 / Kanto (Kwanto), Japan
35.3N 139.5E
19250316 / Near Dali (Talifu, Ta-li), Yunnan, China
25.7N 100.2E
19270307 / Tango, Japan
35.8N 134.8E
19270522 / Gulang, Gansu (Kansu), China
37.5N 102.7E
19290501 / Koppeh Dagh, Iran (Persia)
37.85N 57.75E
19300506 / Salmas, Iran (Persia)
38.15N 44.70E
19300723 / Irpinia, Italy
41.05N 15.37E
19310331 / Managua, Nicaragua
12.15N 86.28W
19310427 / Zangezur Mountains, Armenia-Azerbaijan border (Armeniya-Azerbaydzhan, USSR)
39.2N 46.0E
19310810 / Near Fuyun (Koktokay), Xinjiang (Sinkiang), China
46.8N 89.9E
19321225 / Changma, Gansu (Kansu), China
39.7N 97.0E
19330302 / Sanriku, Japan
39.25N 144.5E
19330825 / North of Maowen, Sichuan (Szechwan), China
32.0N 103.7E
19340115 / Bihar, India-Nepal
26.5N 86.5E
19350420 / Miao-li, Taiwan (Formosa)
24.3N 120.8E
19350530 / Quetta, Pakistan (Baluchistan, India)
29.6N 66.5E
19350716 / Hsin-chu (Shinchiku), Taiwan (Formosa)
24.6N 120.8E
19390125 / Chillan, Chile
36.25S 72.25W
19391226 / Erzincan, Turkey
39.8N 39.38E
19401110 / Vrancea, Romania (Rumania)
45.8N 26.7E
19421220 / Erbaa, Turkey
40.9N 36.5E
19430910 / Tottori, Japan
35.5N 134.2E
19431126 / Ladik, Turkey
40.97N 33.22E
19440115 / San Juan, Argentina
31.5S 68.6W
19440201 / Gerede, Turkey
41.11N 33.22E
19441207 / Tonankai, Japan
33.7N 136.2E
19450112 / Mikawa, Japan
34.7N 137.0E
19451127 / Makran Coast, Pakistan (Baluchistan, India)
24.9N 63.5E
19460531 / Ustukran, Turkey
39.33N 41.10E
19461110 / Ancash, Peru
8.5S 77.5W
19461220 / Nankaido, Japan
33.0N 135.6E
19480628 / Fukui, Japan
36.1N 136.2E
19481005 / Ashgabat (Ashkhabad), Turkmenistan (Turkmeniya, USSR)
37.95N 58.32E
19490710 / Khait, Tajikistan (Tadzhikistan, USSR)
39.2N 70.8E
19490805 / Ambato, Ecuador
1.5S 78.25W
19500815 / Near Zhamo (Rima), Xizang (Tibet), China
"Assam-Tibet" Earthquake
28.7N 96.6E
19510802 / Cosiguina, Nicaragua
13.0N 87.5W
19530318 / Yenice-Gonen, Turkey
40.01N 27.49E
19540909 / Chlef (Orleansville, El Asnam), Algeria
36.28N 1.47E
19570627 / Stanovoy Mountains, Russia (USSR)
56.3N 116.5E
19570702 / Near Sang Chai, Mazandaran, Iran
36.14N 52.70E
19571213 / Sahneh, Iran
34.35N 47.67E
19600229 / Agadir, Morocco
30.45N 9.62W
19600522 / Temuco-Valdivia, Chile
38.29S 73.05W
19620901 / Bu'in Zahra, Qazvin, Iran
35.6N 49.9E
19630726 / Skopje, Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
(Makedonija, Yugoslavia)
42.1N 21.4E
19660307 / East of Longyao, Hebei (Hopeh), China
37.35 114.92
19660322 / Southeast of Ningjin, Hebei (Hopeh), China
37.5 115.1
19660819 / Varto, Turkey
39.1N 41.48E
19680831 / Dasht-e Bayaz, Iran
33.9N 59.02E
19690725 / Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
21.61N 111.83E
19700104 / Tonghai, Yunnan Province, China
24.12N 102.49E
19700328 / Gediz, Turkey
39.06N 29.54E
19700531 / Chimbote, Peru
9.36S 78.87W
19710522 / Turkey
38.83N 40.52E
19720410 / southern Iran
28.4N 52.8E
19721223 / Nicaragua, Managua
12.4N 86.1W
19740510 / China
28.2N 104.0E
19741228 / Pakistan
35.0N 72.8E
19750204 / Haicheng, China
40.6N 122.5E
19750906 / Turkey
38.5N 40.7E
19760204 / Guatemala
15.3N 89.1W
19760506 / northeastern Italy
46.4N 13.3E
19760625 / Papua, Indonesia
4.6S 140.1E
19760727 / Tangshan, China
39.6N 118.0E
19760816 / Mindanao, Philippines
6.3N 124.0E
19761124 / Turkey-Iran border region
39.1N 44.0E
19770304 / Romania
45.8N 26.8E
19780916 / Iran
33.2N 57.4E
19801010 / El Asnam, Algeria
(formerly Orleansville)
36.1N 1.4E
19801123 / southern Italy
40.9N 15.3E
19810611 / southern Iran
29.9N 57.7E
19810728 / southern Iran
30.0N 57.8E
19821213 / Yemen
14.7N 44.4E
19831030 / Turkey
40.3N 42.2E
19850919 / Mexico, Michoacan
18.2N 102.5W
19861010 / El Salvador
13.8N 89.2W
19870306 / Colombia-Ecuador
0.2N 77.8W
19880820 / Nepal-India border region
26.8N 86.6E
19881207 / Spitak, Armenia
41.0N 44.2E
19900620 / Western Iran
37.0N 49.4E
19900716 / Luzon, Philippine Islands
15.7N 121.2E
19911019 / Northern India
30.8N 78.8E
19921212 / Flores Region, Indonesia
8.5S 121.9E
19930929 / Latur-Killari, India
18.1N 76.5E
19950116 / Kobe, Japan
34.6N 135E
19950527 / SakhalinIsland
52.6N 142.8E
19970510 / Northern Iran
33.9N 59.7E
19980204 / Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan
37.1N 70.1E
19980530 / Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region
37.1N 70.1E
19980717 / Papua New Guinea
2.96S 141.9E
19990125 / Colombia
4.46N 75.82W
19990817 / Turkey
40.7N 30.0E
19990920 / Taiwan
23.7N 121.0E
20010126 / Gujarat, India
23.3N 70.3E
20020325 / Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan
35.9N 69.2E
20030521 / Northern Algeria
36.90N 3.71E
20031226 / Southeastern Iran
28.99N 58.31E
20041226 / Sumatra
3.30N 95.87E
20050328 / Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
2.07N 97.01E
20051008 / Pakistan
34.53N 73.58E
20060526 / Indonesia
-7.961 110.446
20080512 / Eastern Sichuan, China
31.002 103.322
20090930 / Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
-0.720 99.867
20100112 / Haiti region
18.445 -72.571