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                                              Earthquakes And Volcanoes  

      Throughout the course of learning about the natural hazards that occurs in my country that I have chosen to discuss about, there are two that I believe to due the most harm to human life. Those two hazards are earthquakes and volcanic activity, there are many active known  volcanoes in Italy; the country is located between two fault lines and the two tectonic plates. When they push and pull it causes many earthquakes that have killed many people and destroyed many cities and buildings. Italy has more than 30000 earthquakes in their history, which make this a priority.  The volcanoes are located in many of the Italian cities, which are next to populated areas. When they erupt they can have devastating repercussions. The heat and ash that comes with the eruption of a volcano is very devastating and makes it hard to breath and find shelter, which can leave to the deaths of hundreds if not thousands. The fires that will be caused by the eruption can also make it very hard to escape to safety.

                                                Pictures of Pompeii

                                                    Location Risk

       These are why they are priorities and should be dealt with in terms of managing their negative effects. There are many cities in Italy that are effected by Earthquakes, which include the north region, such as Sicily, Calabria, and Friuli; but the southern part of the Appennine mountain ranges that have active fault lines and the pressure from those lines build up and are released through sufficient earthquakes. The country as a whole gets many earthquakes but not as much as the northern and southern parts of Italy and not that high on the Richter Scale or on the Mercalli Scale which Italy uses. This a map of the Italy that is effected by earthquakes:




                                                     Recommendations

     Those are the areas most at risk and have to be dealt with first, but it believe Sicily being the most important because it is a popular tourist area and also has an active volcano. I would have lesson being taught throughout the schools of those areas for have to safely deal with an earthquake, during and after . This so people can be more aware and how to deal it when it happens and what to do after, like where to go, what to take, and what to do during so they can be better prepared. For the volcano I would like to keep and eye on a volcano that is ready to erupt or going to. I know Italy has a system in place for a such a thing, it a colored code system that changes with the changes of the volcano, we want to be better prepared than with happen in Pompeii. This way the citizens can leave and be a safe distance away from the eruption. The main thing is the lives of the people because homes and businesses can be replaced.
                                                 Construction Of My Home In Italy

     There are many beautiful places in Italy to chose from, but I would have to stay away from earthquakes or at least in a place that does not have many or high magnitude ones. Since those happen to be in the northern and southern parts of the country I would chose to build in Rome since they do not receive earthquakes higher than 4.0 magnitude. Along with Naples and Florence which hold a lots of cultural heritage and historic building that can come tumbling down. Besides that these three location would make the best home because of the culture and history I can learn and appreciate.  Naples does have the volcano that needs to factored in, but still is one of the safest in terms of earthquakes.
                                                    References

  https://safearound.com/europe/italy/venice/

https://www.thelocal.it/20161028/which-areas-of-italy-have-the-highest-risk-of-earthquakes

http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/italy.html

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/805011/volcano-eruption-Italy-Campi-Flegrei-Naples-Vesuvius-Europe-thousands-lives-threatened-UCL

http://www.protezionecivile.gov.it/jcms/en/view_pde.wp?contentId=PDE12771
“Civil Protection Department.” Technical Files | Civil Protection Department,
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Blakemore, Erin. “The Geology Behind Italy's Catastrophic Quake.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 24 Aug. 2016, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/geology-behind-italys-catastrophic-quake-180960233/.           

             Ravilious, Kate. “The Geology That Causes Italy's Spine to Quake.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 6 Nov. 2016, www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/06/geology-italy-earthquakes-apennines-tectonic-plates-norcia-terrawatch.