Friday, September 18, 2009

Which is more dangerous: Earthquakes or Volcanoes?


I believe earthquakes are more dangerous. Why? Well, earthquakes can cause disasters without the help of volcanoes. Earthquakes generate seismic waves that can release great energy. The only thing that can be good is if a volcano is on occurring and not many human life is located there, it is not a human disaster. Many people do not feel that volcanoes are really that dangerous. There can be quiet lava eruptions that will give you time to get away and there are violent eruptions. Violent eruptions that occur without warning can sometimes be a huge problem. A dangerous earthquake is the San Andreas Fault. It is located in California and is the most dangerous. It is known as the Cascadia Subduction Zone, this 680-mile long colliding land mass is very powerful. This is in the Pacific Northwest of America.

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