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Week 5

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Norway has two active volcanoes. The first is located on the island of Jan Mayen and is called Beerenberg. Beerenberg is 2,277 meters tall. The second the second is in the ocean and is called Haakon Mosby. The one in the ocean releases methane into the water. Source: cage.uit.no

Week 3

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Unlike other countries, Earthquakes in Norway are quite rare. This is due to it's location not being a hot bed for large continental shifts. The ones they get are usually smaller and are on the coastlines. These earthquakes are a result of something called "ground rebounding".  Like Norway itself, the Norwegian Sea is not likely to experience Seismic activity. The seismicity of the Norwegian Sea is due to the "zones of weakness", faces by the yre-Cenozoic age. In conclusion, the lands of Norway and the surrounding waters, are fairly safe against threats of earthquakes.

Week 2

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When it comes to tectonic plate boundaries, Norway is located on the Eurasian Plate. It has a convergent plate boundary with the Indian plate. The plate is about 3 billion years old. Norway itself is closest to the North American Plate, which is a continental plate. Norway's location is pretty stable which means that the chance of earthquakes is low. The last major earthquake to cause damage happened in 1904. Sources: earthhow.com eartheclipse.com