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Glossary
* Dormant
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* Mercalli scale
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* Seismographs
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* Lahars
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Bibliography
Pictures showing before and Text book
after the eruption
"Pinatubo, Mount." Answers.com. 2008. 3
Mar. 2008
Before after <http://www.answers.com/topic/mount-
pinatubo?cat=technology>.
before
Before Mount Pinatubo erupted, the area
around it was rich in farmland. About 30 000
people were living in small villages and were
farming rich soils on the slopes of the
volcano. More than 250 000 people were
living in Angeles City 25 km to the east of Mt.
Pinatubo. Most Philippinos were not worried
about the volcano since it had been dormant*
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for more than 600 years. However on the
16th of July 1990 there was an earthquake of
about 8 on the Mercalli* scale. The following
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125,000 km2 around the volcano was covered International Airport was closed for 4 days for
with cloud from the eruption and it was mid- the ash in the air interrupted air trafiv. Public
night dark. Unfortunately, a violent Typhoon, buildings were made into evacuation centers
Yunya, passed 75 km north of the volcano at to house refugees.
the same time and rain mixed with ash and 7 years after the eruption, the area started to
mud fell from the sky. Also rocks rained recover. Wild animals started returning to the
down. Water supplies and power lines were slopes of Mt. Pinatubo. Also in Angeles City,
damaged so water, electricity and telephones the tourism industry came to fashion.
mt. Pinatubo before the eruption all failed. Mt. Pinatubo released 20 million
tons of sulphur dioxide, a poisonous gas.
Soon the earthquakes began. They call that
day ‘Black Saturday’.