Restless South America

From reading and hearing about many earthquakes and volcanoes in South America throughout the years, it has shown to be a pretty active continent. Most of the activity is on the western side in Chile and Colombia . This is because of two plates colliding, laying under the large continent. There are about 55 to 60 volcanoes known of, and they erupt every once in a while.

For current Restless Earth activity in South America, click on these WWW links
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http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/volc_of_world.html - Volano World, What's Erupting Now
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/current/s_america.html - National Earthquake Information Center, Current Seismicity for South America
  http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/current/west_hem.html - National Earthquake Information Center, Current Seismicity for the Western Hemisphere

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