Intro Blog: Finland

Finland has many active volcano arcs and activity located in southern Finland.  Finland isn't known for having many active volcanos but there is some active volcanic activity.  The volcanic activity that occurs in southern Finland is similar to the volcanic activity that occurs in the Philippines.  Also the signs that are made by the volcanic activity can be seen in amphiboles in the Finnish bedrock.   Finland doesn't have any evacuation or alert system for volcanos because there is such small life threatening volcanic activity there.  Where there is volcanic activity there is low to no civilization in those areas.   Sources:  http://aikavaellus.fi/en/timeline/1900ma/

 Week 3 Earthquakes: Yes Finland does have earthquakes and quite a few of them actually according to Volcano Discovery.  The latest reported Earthquake was August 24, 2023 with a size of 3.6 magnitude.  A total of 6 earthquakes have occurred within 300 kilometers (186 miles) over the last decade.  There aren't nearly as many earthquakes in Finland as there are in Sweden, but according to the seismic map it looks like when there are earthquakes in Finland it is along the western side of the country which also happens to be the closest part of the country to Sweden or in the Northeastern most part of the country. Most of these earthquakes however rarely exceed a magnitude of 4 on the scale.         Mitigation wise the earthquakes in Finland haven't been large enough for the Finnish government to have to get involved.  However Finland did respond to the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria by sending Euro 12 million in aid to both of those count...