1902 Mount Pelée eruption

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1902_Mount_Pelée_eruption
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:volcanic_activity
gptkbp:ashFall gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkbp:casualties ~30,000
gptkbp:commemoratedBy memorials in Martinique
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:date May 8, 1902
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Saint-Pierre
gptkbp:followedBy further eruptions in 1902
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1902 Mount Pelée eruption
gptkbp:impact destruction of Saint-Pierre
economic devastation
massive loss of life
gptkbp:lavaFlow yes
gptkbp:lavaType andesitic
gptkbp:location gptkb:Martinique
gptkb:Mount_Pelée
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international
gptkbp:notableFeature pyroclastic surge
volcanic lightning
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Ludger_Sylbaris
gptkbp:precededBy increased seismic activity
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:eruption_of_Mount_Pelée_in_1929
gptkbp:significance deadliest volcanic disaster of the 20th century
gptkbp:studiedBy volcanologists worldwide
gptkbp:VEI 4
gptkbp:volcanoType gptkb:stratovolcano
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Martinique
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5