Final Blog Post: Peru
Hello everyone! I can’t believe this is the last blog post of the semester. I truly enjoyed learning about the country of Peru and I’m excited to summarize to you what I learned. Peru is known to be a seismic country and has a history of consequential earthquakes. The main natural hazard in Peru are the ongoing earthquakes that hit along the Andes mountains towards the coast. Due to Peru lying on top of the Ring of Fire and the Nazca Plate, earthquakes can commonly hit the country with a magnitude of over 8.0 and cause destructive damage. Earthquakes in Peru are a priority to address because in the country’s past, powerful earthquakes have covered and swept away mountain towns. I remember learning earlier this year about how the entire town of Yungay got covered due to a massive landslide reaction after an earthquake in 1970. One of the recommendations I would address in order to avoid the hazardous earthquakes is to have a plan correlated with your family just in case one hits unexpe