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What is the highest number of people killed by a volcanic eruption?
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∙ 16y ago
about 100 threw 1200 people can be killed from volcanic eruptions
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Why are more people killed by earthquakes than volcanic eruption?
A number of reasons. There are far fewer major volcanic eruptions than there are earthquakes. Earthquakes have no warning. Most volcanos give warning signs before a major eruption. Earthquakes affect far larger areas, and those areas are more likely to have people living in them. Unless you are near a volcano, *and* in the path of a pyroclastic flow, a blast, or are two stupid to get out of the way of a lava flow, they are unlikely to kill you.
What state has the highest number of tornadoes?
Texas has the highest number of tornadoes of any state.
What were the effects of the eruption of mt shasta?
There were a number of hazardous effects of the eruption of Mt. Shasta. The lava and debris flows resulted in to deaths and many causalities as it extended up to 20 kilometers away.
What is the highest and lowest number on the Richter scale?
The lowest number on the Ritcher scale is a 1.0. A 1.0 is generally not felt at all. The highest number is a 10 on the Ritcher scale.
What is the highest number of tornadoes in one year?
There were 1817 tornadoes in the U.S. in 2004. Worldwide, the number is unknown.
What volcanic eruption had the largest number of casualties?
Since 1800, the largest number of casualties due to volcanic eruption has been an estimated 92,000 associated with Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815.
What is the largest number of causalities for a volcanic eruption and the century the eruption occurred?
For the 21st century, that would be Mount Merapi in Indonesia in 2010 so far.
How many people died in the eruption of mount katmai?
Okmok volcano in Alaska violently erupted in 1817. Thousands of people were said to have been killed, but there is no record of the exact number.
Which killed more people volcanoes or tornadoes?
Volcanoes have killed more people by far. A number of volcanic eruptions, such as the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, have had had tolls in the tens of thousands, while only 1 tornado is known to have killed over 1000 people.
What volcanoligists were killed in the eruption of Mount Unzen in 1991?
A number of volcanologists were killed in the 1991 eruption. The most famous were Harry Glicken and Katia and Maurice Krafft.
Tambora number of dealths?
In the 1815 eruption it killed 92,000 people and 229,000 animals.
What are the effect of volcanic eruption?
They bring about minerals, can form new land, and in the long term can fertilize soil.
What was the highest number on the Richter scale for a Mauna Kea eruption?
Haven't got a CLUE! :D
What can trigger a volcanic eruption?
In an inactive volcano, magma that is traveling towards the surface of the volcano can trigger eruption. Science is also indicating that earthquakes can be a causative factor in the eruption of a volcano.
How many deaths occured on mount vesuvius volcanic eruption?
It is not known how many people the eruption killed, although around 1,150 bodily remains and casts of bodies in the ash around the city of Pompeii. The remains of about 350 bodies have been found at Herculaneum. However these figures must represent a great underestimation of the total number of deaths over the region affected by the eruption.
Why are more people killed by earthquakes than volcanic eruption?
A number of reasons. There are far fewer major volcanic eruptions than there are earthquakes. Earthquakes have no warning. Most volcanos give warning signs before a major eruption. Earthquakes affect far larger areas, and those areas are more likely to have people living in them. Unless you are near a volcano, *and* in the path of a pyroclastic flow, a blast, or are two stupid to get out of the way of a lava flow, they are unlikely to kill you.
Where has a pyroclastic flow killed people before?
There have been a number of cases. Pyroclastic flows killed people in Herculaneum in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in Ketimbang and on the Island of Sebesi in the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, in St Pierre in the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee, in the state of Washington in the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens, and in Japan during the 1991 eruption of Mount Unzen.
