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  Volcano comes from the Island of Vulcano in the Mediterranean Sea. Centuries ago people believed that Vulcano was the chimney of the forge of Vulcan, the blacksmith of the Roman Gods ( Slide  3 Garcia). Parianacotta volcano in Bolivia More than 80% of Earths surface (above and below sea level) is from volcanic origin (slide 2 Garcia).  The country of Bolivia hosts numerous active and extinct volcanoes across its territory. The active Volcanoes are in Western Bolivia making up the Cordillera Occidental, the western limit of the Altiplano plateau. Many of the active volcanoes are international mountains shared with chile. Chile Volcano Eruption Sends Lava Shooting Into Sky The eruption from Chile's Villarrica volcano was visible from  miles away. Tunupa Volcano is located at the center of the center of  Altiplano, or the Andean Plateau, and rises as high as 5.3  kilometers (3.3 miles in elevation. The volcano is a composite  cone-a large, complex volca...

 Bolivia's Seismicity and what measures are in place to prevent the earthquakes effects. An Earthquake is a release of stored energy resulting from the breaking or sudden movement of rocks under stress (Chapter 3 slides video Garcia).                                     May 14, 2019 Location of Bolivia seismic network Earthquakes occur along a plane of weakness in the Earths crust a fault, very common along plate boundaries ( Chapter 3 Slides video Garcia). Fault is a planar structure or system in a rock, across which there has been significant displacement offset along the fractures as a result of earth movement  ( Chapter 3 slides video Garcia).                                                             ...