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Mention a country that is unlikely to experience volcanic eruption?

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Mention a country that is unlikely to experience volcanic eruption?

Brazil is one country that is unlikely to experience any volcanic eruption.

Explanation:

Here are 3 reasons why:

  1. It faces the Atlantic ocean and not the Pacific  
  2. it lies so far from the closest tectonic plate  
  3. the volcanoes within Brazil are proven to be extinct  

Brazil’s location protects it from any volcanic eruption because it lies at the center of the South American tectonic plate. The western edge of this plate is right on the Pacific ocean where which makes it part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.  

Because of this, most of the volcanic eruptions are experienced by the following countries:  

  • Chile
  • Bolivia
  • Peru
  • Ecuador  
  • Columbia

These are countries whose western shores are directly on the edge of the South American plate are lined with stratovolcanoes. This means they take the brunt of many volcanic activities from this side of the Ring of Fire.  

The eastern shores of Brazil are so far from the edge of the South American plate which lies deep in the South Atlantic midway to West Africa that people don’t even need to think about it.  

So, because of its location, Brazil does not need to worry about volcanic eruptions.

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