Free Travel Information

Author: WandererSouth America mainly by three major disasters, namely earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and the El Niño phenomenon, causing human casualties, property damage and other events, the impact of a country should not be underestimated.

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
Orogeny in South America that by the South American plate and the plate Zika Hai each extrusion, the formation of the Andes, is a new fold mountain ranges, the distribution of its many active volcanoes on it. Four recent major earthquake occurred over the past century, the first time in 1868 in Ecuador and Colombia, earthquake, casualties of about 7.000 million; the second took place in Valparaiso (Chile), the earthquake intensity as magnitude 8.6, 20,000 casualties occurred in mid-1906, third place in Chillan (Chile), a magnitude 7.8 earthquake intensity, 30,000 casualties occurred in 1939, fourth place in Chin Bot (Peru), a magnitude 7.7 earthquake intensity, 6.6 million people dead and injured, occurred in the year 1970. Still a number of major volcanic Block.

South America’s Aconcagua the highest mountain, located in Argentina, 6960 meters above sea level, is extinct. Another llullaillaco volcano, located in Chile, Argentina border, 6723 meters above sea level, is extinct. Incahuasi, nev, located in Chile, Argentina border, 6709 meters above sea level. Singapore Cable Green Mountain, located in Ecuador, altitude 6310 meters, is a dormant volcano.

Ge Duobo Xifeng, in the territory of Ecuador, altitude 5896 meters, an active volcano; Ruiz volcano, located in Colombia, altitude 5399 meters, active volcanoes; Sangay volcano, located in Ecuador, elevation 5230 meters, an active volcano; Tungurahua volcano, in the territory of Ecuador, elevation 5016 meters, is a dormant volcano; Pichincha mountain, in Ecuador, altitude 4794 meters, an active volcano.

December 1997 observed El Niño sea surface temperature distribution, can be seen near the eastern equatorial Pacific sea temperatures rise more than five degrees above normal.

El Nino
El Nino occurs, because the trade winds weaken, the strong winds along the coast of South America tropical warm Ji Xiang, water temperature, upwelling coast of South America weakened or even disappear, anchovies south, feeding, fish reduce feeding on fish farms in reduction of seabirds, as important raw material for the guano phosphate levels also decreased, causing economic losses to local residents. South America, the West Bank by the dry and humid, Peru and Chile all have been so rare large floods occur, causing many casualties, property damage is difficult to estimate. Environment changes, many mosquitoes, rodents and other vectors to increase and spread of dengue fever, plague, malaria and other infectious diseases.