GROUND GROUND EARTHQUAKE

GROUP SHAKING RUPTURE LIQUEFACTION INDUCED TSUNAMI

LANDSLIDE

An earthquake The deep No ground No liquefaction NONE NONE

of magnitude quake rupture was mentioned in
5.7 struck struck off was the news.
south of the Batangas mentioned
Philippines province on in the
capital Manila Luzon news.
island at
1:12am
(17:12
GMT), with
residents in
the nearby
capital of
Manila
woken by
their
buildings
shaking
Authorities
near the
epicentre
said they
had not
received
any reports
of damage.

 gas-charged magma reached the

 June 15, 1991, surface in a series of explosions  Spilling Lava
Mt. Pinatubo  column of ash that blanketed more  Ash falls
than 2,000 square km of Luzon.  Mud Flows
 Ash rained further across 4 million sq  Sulfur DIoxide
km of the South China Sea and
Southeast Asia
 Thick ashfall, soaked and made
heavier by rains from Typhoon
“Diding” (international name: Yunya),
destroyed 364 villages in the
provinces of Zambales, Pampanga and
Tarlac that straddle Pinatubo.
 The eruptions killed more than 1,000
people and displaced 1.5 million
others.
 Damaged P3.8 billion worth of public
infrastructure, particularly irrigation
and flood control system, roads and
bridges.
 Mudflows (lahar) were a constant
threat for a decade during intense
rainfall or whenever a typhoon strikes.
 The eruptions pumped nearly 20
million tons of sulfur dioxide into the
stratosphere, causing global
temperatures to drop from 1991 to
1993 by about 0.5 degrees Celsius.