Finland Geol9 Spring 21

 Finland has an arch of islands in the southern part of the country that has volcanic rock, showing that there was active volcanoes in the area at some point. Currently Finland does not have any active or even known dormant volcanoes in the country according to the interactive volcano map.   Finland does however have semi close neighbors that have Volcanoes and that cause concern for the citizens of Finland.  Eyjafallajoekull a Volcano located in Iceland has caused distress for the Finnish because they worry that the fallout from the eruptions in the area will cause harm to their citizens. As well they worry about if the eruption would cause other volcanoes in the area to erupt.  This causes concern for the country because multiple eruptions could cause mass air pollution to reach the shores of Finland.

 Finland appears to be at a very low risk for Tsunami's to reach it's waters. Though Finland has a coast, over two thirds of its borders are landlocked. So that being said there is a small chance of Tsunami's reaching it's coast. The Baltic Sea is relatively cut off from the rest of the worlds oceans and seas with a small area connecting it with the north sea. An earthquake would have to take place within the Baltic Sea to effect Finland at home. Most of the artic circle does not fear many Tsunami's but they do take inconsideration as to a chance at it happening. Due to the small amount of fault lines in the area there is less seismic activity. So they do prepare for chances of Tsunami's happening. Though Finland has lost some of it's citizens' in other Tsunami Disasters. In the 2004 Tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean, there were around 2300 Fin's on tour packages in the area at that time. Finland lost approx. 179 of its people who were on tours of th...

 This week is about earthquakes and preventive measures as well as what to do if found in one in Finland. First thing to know is that Finland does not suffer from many earthquakes, most of their earthquakes are small and do not do much damage. The highest recorded earthquake recorded within the country is a 4.9 which is not much to tip the Richter scale. The last felt earthquake in the country was nine  months ago and the quake itself did not originate in Finland but its neighbor Sweden according to Earthquake Track . Due to earthquakes being rare, there is not much that people in that country know what to do when one strikes. In the article Midnight Earthquake Startles residents in central Finland , the residents called authorities to want to know what is going on trying to have police take care of the earthquake because it is something so uncommon for the area. If the country has any type of preventive or preparedness for a future earthquake I would imagine it would be somet...

 Hello All this week we are talking about Plates! Tectonic plates that is.  Finland is located in the Eurasian Tectonic plate, and the country itself is away from the plate boundaries. Due to it's location Finland is fairly stable and does not experience much due to the tectonic plate shifts. The highest recorded seismic activity recorded was a 4.3 earthquake.  Finland is located in the center of something called the Baltic shield. There are 4 shields that are located in the Artic that make up super hard rock that is not easily moved, Baltic(or Scandinavian), Canadian, Angaran, and Aldan. Geologists estimate the rock in this area to be over three billion years old.   And with the plate boundary that is located between North America and Eurasian plate being a divergent plate meaning that it the plates push away from each other. There is not much chance of Finland having to worry about a Tsunami coming and causing disaster along their coast. Sources: http://geolog...