Mount Etna located on the east coast of Sicily is classified as a stratovolcano and is the tallest active volcano in Europe at 3,329 m (10,922 ft). It remains one of the most active and dangerous volcanoes in the world. A major eruption of Etna and other volcanoes close to large cities such as Messina and Catania would be devastating to people, property, infrastructure, the environment, and the global economy.

1. MOUNT ETNA EMITS LAVA: FEB.
19, 2013

2. MOUNT ETNA ERUPTS AGAIN
February 19, 2013

3. Mount Etna emits lava flow
in the early hours of
February 19, 2013

4. MOUNT ETNA
 Mount Etna is the result of convergence
between the African and Eurasian
Plates.

5. MOUNT ETNA
 Mount Etna, an active stratovolcano on
the east coast of Sicily and the tallest
active volcano in Europe at 3,329 m
(10,922 ft), is close to Messina and
Catania.

6. Mount Etna, one of the most
active volcanoes in the world,
has been in an almost constant
state of activity for years.

7. MOUNT ETNA: 2008

8. ETNA: ONE OF WORLD’S
DANGEROUS VOLCANOES
A major eruption of Etna and other
volcanoes close to major population
centers would be devastating to
people, property, infrastructure, the
environment, and the global
economy.

9. LOCATIONS OF DANGEROUS
VOLCANOES

10. VOLCANO RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
• VOLCANO HAZARDS
•
RISK
BLDG. INVENTORY
• VULNERABILITY UNACCEPTABLE RISK
• LOCATION
GOAL: VOLCANO
DISASTER RESILIENCE
DATA BASES COMMUNITIES
AND INFORMATION
POLICY OPTIONS
• PREPAREDNESS
HAZARDS: • PROTECTION
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE • EARLY WARNING
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC
• EMERGENCY RESPONSE
DEFORMATION • RECOVERY and
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS RECONSTRUCTION

11. CAUSES OF
CAUSES OF
RISK
RISK
LATERAL BLAST
PYROCLASTIC FLOWS
FLYING DEBRIS
VOLCANIC
VOLCANIC VOLCANIC ASH
ERUPTIONS
ERUPTIONS
CASE HISTORIES LAVA FLOWS
CASE HISTORIES
LAHARS
TOXIC GASES

12. VOLCANO CHAITEN: CHILE;
MAY 3, 2008

13. MOUNT MERAPI: INDONESIA

14. INDONESIA’S MOUNT MERAPI
ERUPTS ON MAY 15, 2006
• Mount Merapi
emitted lava,
debris, and a
pyroclastic
flow or cloud
on May 15.

15. MOUNT SOMMA-VESUVIUS
• Location: Bay
Naples, east of
the city of
Naples, Italy
MDA Federal’s NaturalVue 2000. 6011 Executive Blvd, Suite 400,
Rockville, Md, 20852
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Naplesbay01.jpg

16. MOUNT VESUVIUS: ITALY

17. MOUNT FUJI: JAPAN

18. NEVADA DEL RUIZ:
COLOMBIA

19. MOUNT RAINIER:
WASHINGTON (USA)

20. MOUNT RAINIER: LAHAR
SIMULATION

21. MOUNT RAINIER: LAHAR
SIMULATION

22. MOUNT RAINIER: LAHAR
SIMULATION

23. POPOCATEPL: MEXICO

24. NYIRANGONGO:
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO

25. Mt. St. Helens – prior
to the 1980 eruption

26. Mt. St. Helens (after
the 1980 eruption)

27. Krakatau
• Location: between Java and Sumatra
• Date: 26-27 August, 1883
• Time: 2610:02 am (GMT)-The big one!
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Krakatau.html

28. SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT
ANOTHER KRAKATOA ERUPTION ?
!
Krakatoa: Pre-1883 Eruption Anak Krakatoa—Son of Krakatoa