what are some natural disaster People have to Face in Ecuador
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Among the most common natural threats that can affect Ecuador are earthquakes, geological faults, tsunamis, volcanic activity, landslides and floods (Toulkeridis, 2015), its location in the ring of fire means that the risk of suffering a telluric movement is constant, the magnitude of earthquakes depends on the natural process of tectonic plates, therefore it is not possible to predict where, when and of what magnitude the next movement will occur (República del Ecuador. Instituto Geofísico, 2011). The ring of fire , is around 400,000 kilometers long, this includes countries such as Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, Canada, then goes on to the height of the Aleutian Islands and down the coasts and islands of Russia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. In this area 90% of all earthquakes in the world take place and 80% of the largest earthquakes according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP), seismic activity is intense in the Ring of Fire due to the convergence of the plates of the seabed and its friction, which causes tension to be released to accumulate.