Main Hazards
Venezuela is a country that is known for having many earthquakes, floods, mudslides and hurricanes. However, the two main hazards that the country experiences are earthquakes and flooding. Above the top of Venezuela lies a continental/oceanic transform fault and running through the side of the country runs a continental oceanic convergent boundary. Due to this, the country is prone to major earthquakes in the top meanwhile the side of the convergent boundary may experience great earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, mass wasting and subsidence, as explained in the book. Over the years Venezuela has had many earthquakes and flooding in the country, the most recent earthquake occurred in August that had a magnitude of 7.3 which was located in northern Venezuela and had 3 aftershocks. Meanwhile the most recent flooding occurred in September flooded many rivers and affected different families in many states in Venezuela. The floods were caused by the heavy rain that the country usuall...