Venezuela Blog post

 Volcanoes in Venezuela  There are no active volcanoes in Venezuela. The only volcano that is the most recognized is the Volcán de Sanaré. The neighboring countries are more abundant in volcanoes like Ecuador and Colombia. Ecuador has many volcanoes ranging from the stratovolcano Cotopaxi to a dacite lake volcano named Quilotoa. Most volcanoes in Ecuador are stratovolcanoes. Through deep research it seems that Venezuela does not need to mitigate any volcanoes and there is nothing to be worried about when it comes to eruptions. Even though Venezuela does not have preparation strategies I can list some of the things neighboring countries do to mitigate volcanic disaster. Ready.gov has an in depth list of things to do before, during and after a volcanic eruption. Some of the things they list are: Have a shelter in place plan if your biggest risk is ash Ask local emergency management for evacuation and shelter plans, and for potential means of protection from ash During the erupti...

  Earthquakes in Venezuela Being located by where the South American Plate and the Caribbean plate meet, Venezuela is prone to earthquakes. The northern part of Venezuela by Caracas is the most prone region in the country. According to an earthquake list that is always updating, earthquakes with magnitude 4.2-5.0 happen all the time, seeing that the last one was 20 hours from when this was written (Earthquakelist.org). All of these earthquakes keep with the trend of it being in Caracas. The rest of Venezuela is quite calm since it is farther out from the transform boundary. Earthquake list also informs that there are on average a total of 95 earthquakes annually. There are different ways to prepare for or mitigate an earthquake in Venezuela. The Science Direct article on the Seismic Microzoning Project states that the project is a "probabilistic assessment of seismic hazard at rock sites; identification of soil and basin site effects; definition of microzones of similar seismic re...