indonesia

Question 1

why is indonesia prone to tectonic activity?

Answer 1

it is an archipelago( a small group of islands) located on the indo-austrlian and eurasian plates

Question 2

how much of the population live within the area of a volcano

Answer 2

75% live within 100km of a volcano that has erupted in the last 100,000 years

Question 3

how many eruptions in indonesia have caused fatalities?

Answer 3

114

Question 4

how are japan and indonesia similar?

Answer 4

both have many volcanos and there histories and cultures are closely tied to volcanos

Question 5

what type of eruption is typical in indonesia?

Answer 5

explosive

Question 6

what is an example of an explosive eruption in indonesia

Answer 6

Krakatau in 1883 also causing a large tsunami

Question 7

what are some facts about mount merapi?

Answer 7

3000m tall, a strato volcano, last erupted in 2006 but also 2001

Question 8

What was merapis eruption process like between 1994 and 2006?

Answer 8

a dome developed in a crater which collapsed creating pyroclastic flows- each was a 3-4 VEI