Case Study - Mount Nyiragongo

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

12km N of Goma, West of the border of Rwanda

Question 2

Nature

Answer 2

2km wide crater with large lava lake. Composite volcano with steep sides and with unusually runny lava.

Question 3

Eruption

Answer 3

Jan 2002. A 13km fissure opened on the South of the volcano reaching the outskirts of Goma. 200-1000m wide. 2m deep

Question 4

How many homeless?

Answer 4

120,000

Question 5

Death toll

Answer 5

145 from asphyxiation

Question 6

% of buildings destroyed

Answer 6

15%

Question 7

How much of Goma destroyed?

Answer 7

1/3

Question 8

How much of airport destroyed?

Answer 8

1/3

Question 9

How many evacuated and where to?

Answer 9

400,000 to Rwanda

Question 10

How much aid did the UN bring?

Answer 10

$15 million (Humanitarian and set up camps)