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Volcanic area activity

13 years ago
If the prospect of relocation to Ecuador is pretty much a
decision at long last committed
to, you may want to revisit some
passing concerns about local volcanic hazzards.

If you scratched out a simple six-stroke box with four sections, and filled any section with one of the following four considerations: sooner, later,possibly,and probably...this would be a
clear-headed starting point.

To me, probably and sooner, is the
most likely pairing of events.

If a person has physical/medical issues concerning normal walking and breathing, or access to a hospital of choice, selection of a residence location "you can live with" would be well advised.

Looking at the following web sites
raised questions for me.

[1] USGS Map
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Ecuador/Maps/map_ecuador_volcanoes.html


[2] Ecuador Volcanoes and Volcanics Cotopaxi, Guagua Pichincha,Tungurahua
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Ecuador/description_ecuador_volcanoes.html


[3] Active Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics, and South America
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/Maps/map_south_america_plates.html


[4] Ecuador's 16* Holocene [epoch] volcanoes (11,477 years ago (+/- 85 years) to the Present)
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/geo_time_scale.html
*http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/SouthAmerica/description_south_america_volcanoes.html

[5] Photos of the Galapagos Islands : Earth Science World
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/images/search/results.html?Keyword=Isla Isabela#null


[6]IMPORTANT! Hazard-Zone Maps and Volcanic Risk---Based on a 20 kilometer circumferenced area
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Vhp/C1073/hazard_maps_risk.html

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