The closest activity relating to earthquakes should take place in El Salvador as shown on the map:
Based on the data given by https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70007mdh
it appears that Belize, the country I selected should be affect. Activity such as earthquakes aren't common to occur directly in Belize as the area is more prone to flooding ( Belize itself sits directly above several fault lines and techonic plates). The most recent earthquake occurred in 2018 which mostly occurred in Southern Mexico but affected Belize and other countries. This was a 7.6 or 8.0 magnitude earthquake which caused a good amount of damage. According to the source posted below, Belize's government is not as concerned with earthquakes, considering they aren't as common in the area. Belize is clearly more concerned with flooding and the damaged caused by Tropical storms which is the type of the weather that occurs most of the year.
->https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/29151
-> https://www.anywhere.com/belize/questions/geography-weather/are-there-hurricanes-or-earthquakes
hey James, nice information in regards to Belize's earthquake and seismic activity! Although it isn't known to have frequent earthquakes, you'd think the government would be more active in protection since it is still able to be affected. Im sure they are more so focused on flooding and the damages that come from that though. My country Japan was quite the opposite! There is a lot of earthquake and tsunami activity that takes place there because of its location on the Ring of Fire. Thanks for the good read about Belizes tectonic activity!
ReplyDeleteThat's actually pretty interesting James. I never knew that Belize didn't deal much with Earthquakes. Flooding I can understand, New Zealand not only deals with a lot of earthquakes, but they too also deal with flooding and landslides because of the flooding. Thanks for the info on Belize!
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