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 Just like many places throughout the world, there is some activity when it comes to volcanic activity. Russia is actually quite active with volcanic activity out of the 77 volcanoes established in Russia, about 61 of them are still considered active. The most active part of Russia would have to be The Kamchatka Peninsula, which extends all the way to the Pacific Ocean, roughly 4,000 miles away from eastern Moscow. It has had around 60 substantial eruptions within the past 10,00 years. It is considered to be one of the world's largest and most concentrated areas of geothermal activity, with over 30 active volcanoes nearby. Klyuchevskaya is known as the highest and most active volcano standing at a tall 5 kilometers high (3 miles). The most recent eruption here took place last October almost marking it a full year since it's latest eruption. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is one of Russia's most active volcanoes in the area, and on April 11th early this year it erupted on the far ...

 Throughout this week's lecture, we are studying the fault lines within different countries and how they affect each of them individually. We also look at how these fault lines are affected during an earthquake. Specifically in the country I selected, which is Russia. They aren't very active when it comes to earthquake hazards but they have most recently had some activity as recent as yesterday. Most recently, Russia was hit with two earthquakes in the 4.0 and above territory, as well as one at a 3.2 magnitude and lastly, a 4.5 magnitude located near the Bering Sea, in Russia. On average per year Russia is prone to about 212 earthquakes and about 17 per month, as well as roughly one per day. Though Russia has a vast majority of land, there are also some parts located in seismically active areas and as stated above with evidence it's clear that earthquakes do happen within the country. The Ulakhan strike-slip fault system is the biggest located in the northeastern parts of R...

 This week in class we are focusing on tectonics, the plates, and the boundaries. Where Russia is located on the Eurasian plate the continent of Europe. The Eurasian plate is the third-largest plate only being rivaled by The Pacific and North American plates. Tectonic plates have been moving since the beginning time most speculate. The Eurasian plate contains parts of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, because of the fact that Earth's tectonic plate boundaries consist of continents and oceanic crust. Just as mentioned in the week 2 lecture, the earth's layers are moving at a rate that is slow initially but going at the same speed rate as the growth of our fingernails. It is sandwiched between North America and the African plate on each of the north and west sides. The west side shares a divergent plate boundary with North America as well. The south side of the Eurasian plate also neighbors the Arabian, Indian, and Sunda plates. Yearly on average, the Eurasian plate moves about one...