I’ll talk about why these continents and countries are vulnerable to seismic activity, the mayor reason this happen is because it lies on the edge of the gigantic pacific plate, on the infamous ‘ring of fire’ , an arc of plate boundaries encircling the Pacific Ocean.
The boundaries of the Pacific plate are very unstable, causing earthquakes and volcanic activity along the west coast of the Americas as well as east Asia.
At their boundaries, the plates move against each other, creating massive pressures. These pressure gradually build up until finally there is a sudden movement.
Central America is also home to a chain of active volcano that stretch from Mexico City all the way down the Panama. According to seismologists, the volcanic geological patterns mean the effect of earthquakes is more destructive than might otherwise be the case.
The color dots are recent earthquakes that happened. Yellow = less than 5,0 ritcher scale Orange = more than 5.0 ritcher scale
These countries are so vulnerable that they share a place of the top 10 countries with most earthquakes.
One of the countries with greatest earthquake is undoubtedly Haiti in January 2010. The quake killed between 100,000 and 300,000 people (various estimates have been put forward and countered by others), and caused untold damage to the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country, particularly in and around the capital, Port-au-Prince.
SCIENCE CLASS BY MORIAH SCHOOL STUDENTS 