INSTRUCTIONS FOR
NEWS REPORT ON FAMOUS VOLCANO
or SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE
-Due Friday November 20th, 2015
Please begin your report by choosing an active volcano OR
earthquake from the attached list.
IF Volcano:
I.
Should include the following: (Worth 50 points)
Begin your report with some background information on your volcano.
 For example:
i. Dates active.
ii. Damage caused so far (statistics are good here).
iii. Did your volcano result in a pyroclastic blast, ash, lava flow or a mudslide?
What was the most damaging result and why?
iv. Along what type(s) of boundary or boundaries does your volcano occur?
v. What type of volcano was it? I.e., shield, composite, cinder-cone.
vi. What do you think was the main composition of the lava? Explain why you
think this is so. This will explain whether your volcano is an explosive or
non-explosive volcano.
vii. Where were the effects of your particular volcano felt? Locally or around the
world? Please explain your answer here as specific as possible.
viii. Is there any kind of myth or story that people have passed along about this
volcano?
If Earthquake:
II.
Should include the following: (Worth 50 points)
Begin your report with some background information on your earthquake.
 For example:
i. Date of earthquake and its rating.
ii. Damage caused so far (statistics are good here).
iii. Did the earthquake cause any other natural disasters?
iv. How far below ground did the earthquake happen? (this is the focus)
v. Along what type(s) of boundary or boundaries did your earthquake occur?
vi. What force(s) caused the earthquake to happen? What type of fault line was
it on?
vii. Where were the effects of your particular earthquake felt? Locally or around
the world? Please explain your answer here as specific as possible.
viii. Is there any kind of myth or story that people have passed along about this
earthquake?
Both:
III.
Graph (Worth 10 points)
a. Any seismographic data or charts you can locate on your particular volcano or
earthquake. Your graph should also include an illustration or cross section of a
volcano or earthquake, labeling all of its parts (vents, fissures, magma chamber,
where formation of magma occurred)You can draw this illustration if you cannot
find an illustration.
IV.
Conclusion (Worth 30 points)
a. Discuss multiple methods scientists use for predicting and monitoring future
eruptions for this volcano or earthquakes.
b. What safety precautions are in being put into place?
c. Are any organizations involved or planning to help out?

FEMA??

Hospitals?

National Guard?
Works Cited (Worth 10 points)
List any books or websites you used to gather your research.
V.
Significant Earthquake list
City
Valdivia,
Shaanxi,
Sumatra
Port au Prince
Tohoku
Kathmandu
Loma Prieta
San Francisco
Country
Chile
China
Indonesia
Haiti
Japan
Nepal
California
California
Magnitude
9.5
8.0
9.3
7.0
9.03
7.8
6.9
7.8
Date
1960
1/23/1556
12/26/2004
1/12/2010
3/11/2011
4/25/2015
10/17/1989
4/18/1906
Significant Volcano list
Volcano
Latitude
Longitude
Mt St. Helens
46°11′28″N
122°11′40″W
Mauna Kea
19°49′14″N
155°28′05″W
Mauna Lea
19°28′46.3″
N
155°36′09.6″
W
Pinatubo
15°08′30″N
120°21′00″E
Krakatoa
6°06′07″S
105°25′23″E
Cotopaxi
0°40′50″S
78°26′16″W
Mt. Vesuvius
40°49′0”N
14°26′E
Mt. Etna
37.7550°N
14.9950°E
Eyjafjallajökull
63°37′12″N
19°36′48″W
Mt. Fuji
35°21′28.8″
N
138°43′51.6″E
Elevation
Last eruption
8,365 ft
(2,550 m)
13,803 ft
(4,207 m)
13,679 ft
(4,169 m)
4,875 ft
(1,486 m)
2,667 ft
(813 m)
19,347 ft
(5,897 m)
1,281 m
(4,203 ft)
10,991 ft
(3,350 m)
5,417 ft
(1,651 m)
12,388 ft
(3,776 m)
1/16/2008 –
7/10/2008
2460 BCE
3/24/19844/15/84
6/3/1991 –
6/15/1991
8/2012 –
9/2012
1903 – 1904
79 CE
2/19/2013present
3/20/2010 –
10/2010
1707
Type of
volcanic
landform
Composite
(Active)
Shield
(Dormant)
Shield
(Active)
Composite
(Active)
Composite
(Active)
Composite
(Active)
Composite
(Dormant)
Composite
(Active)
Composite
(Active)
Composite
(Active)