Marcelo's Blog

 Canada has possibly 5 active volcanic areas that are mostly located around the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt. The most recent eruption that happened in Canada was in 1904 in Lava Fork. There were no fatalities in this eruption as it wasn't near any houses or people. It did damage the Blue River by going over it and created many small lakes. - How to prepare for a volcano/volcanic eruption? Familiarize yourself with nearby evacuation routes and shelters. Formulate an emergency plan. Talk to your insurance agent. - What to do during a volcanic eruption? Where long sleeve clothes and pants. Use shelter-in-place procedures. Avoid running engines such as vehicles because volcanic ash can clog them. Use eye covers to help protect your eyes from the ash. Sources: https://chis.nrcan.gc.ca/volcano-volcan/can-vol-en.php https://www.tetoncountywy.gov/459/What-You-Should-Do-in-the-Case-of-a-Volc https://www.selective.com/about-selective/blog/personal-risk-preparedness/prepare-for-volcanic-eruptions...

Earthquakes In Canada:  Although Canada is recorded to have over 5,000 earthquakes a year, only 50 of them are felt. It's rare for an earthquake to cause property damage to a structure, let alone be felt by anyone. The most recent earthquake Canada had that involved property damage and people getting hurt was on July 11th, 2024. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4 which is pretty high. Seismic Hazard Map: In this map, it shows that the seismic levels of Canada are pretty high around the edges of all of Canada. All the way to the west of Canada you can see a very high relative hazard of seismic levels because that is where the North American Plate and Pacific Plate intersect. Earthquake Mitigation: There are many things you can do in the scenario of an earthquake such as being in a strong structured building, hiding under tables if you're inside a building or any type of cover, finding open land, etc.

  What is a tectonic plate? A tectonic plate is a huge slab of stone underground that can affect many things such as shaping land, building mountains, make volcanos, etc. Canada is has two tectonic plates within them such as the pacific plate and the North American plate. These plates interfere with each other on the west side of Canada, the North American Plate is overriding the Pacific Plate. There's also a subduction zone called the Cascadia Subduction Zone that is known to have repeated tsunamis there. Sources: https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/tsunami-en.php https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/tectonic.html#:~:text=A%20tectonic%20plate%20(also%20called,Plates%20are%20among%20the%20largest.

      Canada is located North of the United States. They're also known for having roughly around 3 million lakes in the country. They also don't seem to have a lot of major natural disasters there as there last big earthquake and volcano eruption happened back in the 1700's. In the past few years they have had hurricanes, flooding, and wildfires. It's a beautiful place with lots of western mountains and they even have great air quality there as it ranks number 3 in the world. Canada has three oceans that hug the country such as the Artic Ocean(North), Pacific Ocean(West), and the Atlantic Ocean(East). What's the difference between hazards, disasters, and catastrophes? Hazards: Human life and property are threatened by potential natural disaster. Disaster: A natural event that happens within a bounded area over a limited time span. C atastrophes: A disaster that has caused lots of damages that includes a large number of money being spent to fix it and takes years for...