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Luis Vazquez Professor Ana Garcia-Garcia Geology 9 9 December 2018 Final South Korea Hazard report During my research and assessment of South Korea’s natural disasters, the main dangerous overall  hazard for South Korea are earthquakes. Earthquakes can create other natural disasters and effects. According to Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes,  Keller and DeVecchio explain that earthquakes connect other most danger disasters such as sinkhole, landslides, tsunamis, and fire (ppg. 77- 81).  Amurian plate is a complex tectonic plate in South Korea. According to Wikipedia, these boundaries of divergent, convergent and transform can create destructive earthquakes due to the movement tectonic plate. South Korean earthquakes have shown massive destruction in the past and history, so it is better to prioritize this hazard for minimizing massive destruction. For instance, South Korea had historical powerful earthquakes between 6.7-7.5

South Korean Coastal Hazards

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Coastal Hazards Although South Korean coastal hazards are linked to other natural disasters ( such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, typhoons, landslides, flooding, sinkholes and climate change), the main coastal hazards are focused on the rip current, coastal erosion, waves and any type which is related with the water type ( including the ocean, beaches, waves, the sea   and   the coastal line). Coastal hazards are not huge disasters like other natural disasters, but it still can be potentially dangerous because the other natural disasters come from the coastal hazards. During my research, I found that the coastal hazards in South Korea were mainly focused on coastal hazard management and prevention. Coastal hazards is similar to the soil subsidence due to many type elements (such as nature, Earth and life) and issues (such as geography of the locations, and component element of the areas). The result is that coastal hazards have minor impacts and can be visible danger